When the current largest simulator, Euro Truck Simulator 2, came out in 2012, it attracted a paltry few thousand players. The uninitiated might assume this type of game is aimed at a niche audience of obsessives, and just 10 years ago they’d have been more or less correct. Compared to such high-octane thrills, simulators, which put you in the mundane role of subway driver or street cleaner, remain baffling. Today, video games offer the chance to explore extraordinary worlds and perform impossible feats. But that was in 1979 and gaming was still in its infancy. It’s true that when Flight Simulator, the first of its kind, allowed players to man a cockpit above a flat, featureless landscape it soon became a best-seller. Of course, the initial mystery is why anyone would want to play a simulator in the first place. And Christopher is not the only one: there are many who, like him, play simulators that mimic their occupations, enjoying the chance to relive their daily lives in a virtual environment. He found himself transporting cargo all across the US, just as he does in reality. Having downloaded American Truck Simulator out of curiosity, he quickly became hooked, lured in by the call of the road. Yet it’s precisely what Christopher Edwards, a 47-year-old truck driver, does by choice. To come home and spend the evening doing exactly what you did all day sounds like some Sisyphean punishment dreamt up by our corporate overlords.
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