A Golden Girls parody of Persona exists, and you can play it later this year

Persona games about the struggles and experiences of teens are cool, but what if instead the series featured four elderly women living in a Miami house? It’s a pressing question that Lindgren is trying to answer in his upcoming parody game The Golden Girls Take Manhattan DX.

“What started as a joke quickly spirals into a playground of ideas, with the goal of exploring how much we can improve our skills and stay sane with our own unique sense of humor.” Pagano developer site (opens in new tab) read. “Simply put, this is Persona 5 gameplay put in the context of Golden Girls. There’s no reason to use that paintwork other than ‘how far can we take this joke?'”