{"id":19003,"date":"2025-06-02T13:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/crime-scene-catharsis-how-a-darkly-comic-video-game-and-tv-show-turned-me-into-a-murder-clean-up-specialist\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:37:16","slug":"crime-scene-catharsis-how-a-darkly-comic-video-game-and-tv-show-turned-me-into-a-murder-clean-up-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/crime-scene-catharsis-how-a-darkly-comic-video-game-and-tv-show-turned-me-into-a-murder-clean-up-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime scene catharsis: how a darkly comic video game and TV show turned me into a murder clean-up specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Slinging bodies into a pickup as Kovalsky in Crime Scene Cleaner reminded me of Greg Davies in The Cleaner \u2013 there is something grimly satisfying about death\u2019s aftermath<\/p>\n<p>Lately I\u2019ve been playing a new job sim game, Crime Scene Cleaner, while also watching BBC\u2019s comedy series The Cleaner, both of which focus on the aftermath of gruesome murders \u2013 sometimes you just need some cosy viewing to take the edge off the day. In the TV show, Greg Davies plays Wicky, the acerbic employee of a government-endorsed clean-up company, while Crime Scene Cleaner\u2019s lead character Kovalsky is a lowly janitor, mopping up blood and disposing of trash to cover up for a mob boss named Big Jim.<\/p>\n<p>The crime scenes in both are laughably over the top. Or are they? I\u2019ve never actually seen a real-life murder scene, so perhaps copious blood sprayed over walls and ceilings and the masses of broken furniture is completely normal.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/jun\/02\/scene-catharsis-tv-video-game-crime-scene-cleaner\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ea0748ddd6b918ab0ad9b8e58d3e76d806c7877c\/318_0_1050_840\/master\/1050.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e655888e91c14b7dadd69de61fb85318\" title=\"Crime scene catharsis: how a darkly comic video game and TV show turned me into a murder clean-up specialist\" \/>Slinging bodies into a pickup as Kovalsky in Crime Scene Cleaner reminded me of Greg Davies in The Cleaner \u2013 there is something grimly satisfying about death\u2019s aftermath<br \/>\nLately I\u2019ve been playing a new job sim game, Crime Scene Cleaner, while also watching BBC\u2019s comedy series The Cleaner, both of which focus on the aftermath of gruesome murders \u2013 sometimes you just need some cosy viewing to take the edge off the day. In the TV show, Greg Davies plays Wicky, the acerbic employee of a government-endorsed clean-up company, while Crime Scene Cleaner\u2019s lead character Kovalsky is a lowly janitor, mopping up blood and disposing of trash to cover up for a mob boss named Big Jim.<br \/>\nThe crime scenes in both are laughably over the top. Or are they? I\u2019ve never actually seen a real-life murder scene, so perhaps copious blood sprayed over walls and ceilings and the masses of broken furniture is completely normal. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slinging bodies into a pickup as Kovalsky in Crime Scene Cleaner reminded me of Greg Davies in The Cleaner \u2013 there is something grimly satisfying about death\u2019s aftermath Lately I\u2019ve been playing a new job sim game, Crime Scene Cleaner, while also watching BBC\u2019s comedy series The Cleaner, both of which focus on the aftermath &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/crime-scene-catharsis-how-a-darkly-comic-video-game-and-tv-show-turned-me-into-a-murder-clean-up-specialist\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crime scene catharsis: how a darkly comic video game and TV show turned me into a murder clean-up specialist<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19003"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}