The Squid Games follows reports of students who had applied for a place in UCL halls being abducted and going missing.
Contestant 67, who lost and is now lives in the Student Centre basement, told The Cheese Grater that they were personally greeted by Provost Michael Spence at UCL East where the games began.
Activities in the games include finding a free computer in the Student Centre, not being almost run over outside the Waterstones, and writing an essay without AI or a DAP.
The Cheese Grater also spoke to contestant 789, who was in the game until the final round: a competition over who could have a functional conversation at the Court first.
He said: “I thought losing meant I would be killed, but something worse happened; I now live in the Scala smoking area.”
Questions will be asked as to whether there were more humane ways of deciding who is offered a place in halls, as opposed to imitating a Korean Netflix show.
When approached for comment, UCL said: “At UCL we are committed to providing housing to as many students as we can, but unfortunately it simply is not possible to provide this for all students.”
“The Squid Games provides a fair and equal chance for all students and a bunch of billionaires offered us a fuck load of cash (which will be sent to BAE Systems and Shell) to do it.”
