Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
Monkey and ape leads
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The lead animal is a monkey or ape. Sometimes that means platforming. Sometimes it means jazz murder.
medium
Mortuary and graveyard work
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The work involves bodies, graves, embalming, or death-care chores. Some games treat it seriously, others hand you a shovel and a bad economy.
hard
Alchemy shopkeeping
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The player gathers, brews, sells, upgrades, or diagnoses through potions. Capitalism has found the cauldron.
tricky
Tiny starts the title
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The first word is doing the shared work. The games themselves are not tiny in the same way, which is exactly the trap.