‘Transcendentally boring’: the joy of job simulation games – From farming to trucking to bus driving, why do millions play games that replicate regular jobs in forensic detail?
It is the very precision of these games that has attracted such a devoted following. “Throughout development we gather a lot of questions,” says Julian Mautner at Stillalive studios, the team behind the Bus Simulator games. “When you turn the ignition key once, which functions of the bus actually work, and which icons on the...
