Video games have made mundane jobs like mayor and farmer fun, so just think how good good jobs can be. These are the jobs we’ve gotten to taste in video games and realized we really like them and wouldn’t mind getting paid for our labors. Hell, for 20-40 hours, getting paid to play video games is the real number 1

7. Treasure hunter

The swamps might be gross and the monsters might be terrifying, but just think of the excitement. Now the best you can hope for is to vicariously live through your slutty friend’s dating drama. I’ll take Indiana Jones style tomb raiding over slutty friend’s any day.

6. Rock star

Color matching like a 2-year-old was never so fun. And add the cheering crowds, wild parties, and maybe even a psycho circus you’ve got a recipe for awesome fun and inappropriateness, which is by default fun. So let’s get ready to rock.

5. Starship pilot

You don’t need video games to foster the desire to explore space, but after seeing the many heroic space adventures, the desire only gets stronger. Flying a huge starship or a speedy fighter would be the biggest rush, and one that simulators just can’t fulfill. Hopefully we’ll get our chance before global warming kills us all.

5. Pirate

Arg, maties. It’s time to sail the seven seas, search for treasure, fight off swashbuckling heroes, put damsels in distress, and talk to your pet parrot. Ah yes, the pirate’s life for me.

3. Ninja

You are a stealth master. A king of combat, from fists to swords to throwing stuff. Even your pinky toe is a lethal weapon. You get an awesome uniform, bad ass sword, and maybe even some magic powers. No one will ever bug you again.

2. Super hero

Super hero combines the best of many of these jobs. You can be a super ninja with a pirate space ship rescuing treasure while working as a rock star in your part time. Even if you don’t have all that, you still get super powers and the love of one city. Only one city, but it’s one more than you have now.

1. God

God games put you in the role of, well, god. What could be better than that? You control everything. You get to pick what goes where when how and why. Some god games try to include silly rules where you have to keep your people, sims, or random beings happy, but you can do what any god would do and bring a flood to destroy them all. Or an alien invasion. Or just turn the damn game off and see how happy they are then.