McDonald's Video Game is a parody of the business practices of the corporate giant McDonald's, taking the guise of a tycoon-style business-simulation game. The game presents the player with four views: The farmland, the slaughterhouse, the restaurant and the corporate HQ. Through each of these views, decisions can be made which will affect the fate of the player's company. No jogo, o jogador assume o papel de um CEO do McDonald's, escolhendo se deve ou não alimentar as vacas do jogador com grãos geneticamente alterados, arar as florestas tropicais ou alimentar o gado do jogador com outros bovinos (uma prática conhecida por espalhar a doença da vaca louca). The player can also choose advertising strategies and public official corruption to counteract opponents of the player's actions.