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The Apprentice is now a free, flash video game on Facebook thanks to Legacy Interactive. The new game, also called The Apprentice, has very little to do with the actual show aside from the name and constant, stoic caricature of Donald Trump. The Apprentice (the Facebook game, not the show) is actually more like a Diner Dash rip-off than a strategic effort to gain employment through wit and backstabbing.

In The Apprentice game, players work in a sushi restaurant. They have to hand out menus, serve tea and cakes, bring soy sauce, deliver sushi, get umbrellas and pass out balloons. This may beg the question as to how it all relates to the tv show. It doesn’t. The closest it comes is when you end your game, your high score is added to all the others on Facebook and the highest score is “hired.“ Also after each level the Trump image will mock or praise you.

I’ve tried the game, and let me say it isn’t worth it. If you want the same experience, go play Diner Dash, as it is far better and even more pleasing to the eyes. No one really needs another box cluttering up their Facebook profile. Plus the image of Trump in game is enough to give you nightmares - his soul-less eyes are always watching and judging you.

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