Review: Rick and Morty, "Mortgully: The Last Rickforest" | Season 9, Episode 7

So all of this kind of reminded me of a video game. When I was a kid, the Sim series was a big deal (it still sort of is, but mostly because of The Sims), with SimCity kicking off a whole series of games from Maxis using the Sim surname. There was SimFarm, SimTower, SimCopter, SimEarth–but the one I’m thinking of right now was the only one I had as a kid, SimLife. [Editor's note: Justice for SimGolf] I had high hopes for that game, but it was a lot more complicated, and a lot less pure “fun,” than I was expecting. What I wanted was a game that would let me design a life and then force that life through a series of challenges to see if my choices worked. What I got was something that claimed to do that, but was too complicated for my kid brain to grasp.

I’ve heard there are other games that do this better (I’ve also heard of at least one notorious flop that promised everything and delivered on nothing), but I’ve never played them; mostly it’s just an idea that I’ve let float around in the back of my head. It never would’ve occurred to me to make an actual story out of it, but that’s why the Rick and Morty writers are good at their jobs. “”Mortgully: The Last Rickforest” is a fun deep dive into what makes a life “successful,” and what “success” truly means–is it a philosophical query? Is it way to achieve inner peace? Or are you trying to live life so well that you are ultimately able to confront and kill God?