| I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin' Good Dating Simulator | |
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| Developer(s) | Psyop |
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| Release | September 24, 2019 |
| Genre(s) | Dating sim, visual novel, advergame |
I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin' Good Dating Simulator is a dating sim developed by Psyop. The video game was commissioned by the restaurant chain KFC and released for free on Steam on September 24, 2019.[1][2] A parody of conventional dating sims, the primary objective of the player is to develop a romantic relationship with a fictionalized version of KFC's founder Colonel Sanders, portrayed as an attractive classmate at a cooking school.[2]
The release of the game follows the reintroduction of Colonel Sanders into KFC's marketing campaigns in 2015, and is part of the company's strategy to make the Colonel a "part of pop culture", reimagining the historical figure for modern times.[3][4] The game successfully received public attention due to the "can-you-believe-it" premise both before and after the game's release.[5]
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- ^ a b Webb, Kevin (2019-09-26). "I played KFC's bizarre Colonel Sanders dating game so you don't have to". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ Needleman, Sarah E. (2019-09-24). "KFC Spices Up the Colonel With Dating Game, Drawing Horror and Delight". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
- ^ Phelan, Matthew (2019-09-12). "What Colonel Sanders Looks for in a Lover, and Other Things We Learned About KFC's New Dating Simulator". Slate. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
- ^ Nguyen, Terry (2019-10-01). "How KFC's dating simulator game gets players to fall in love with its brand". Vox. Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-19.