Insert Credit Gaiden #5 - Highway Game: A Review of American Truck Simulator by Topher Florence
Added 2023-12-06 09:13:43 +0000 UTCTopher Florence meditates on American Truck Simulator, confronting the friction between realistic advertisements and product placement, a Greatest Hits version of America, and the emotional palette of driving around in someone’s life’s work. By Topher Florence, with intro by Alex Jaffe. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- American Truck Simulator
- Euro Truck Simulator
- Six Flags
- Mad
- Grand Theft Auto series
- OutRun
- The Crew series
- Fuel
- Grand Canyon
- Space Needle
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Harvest Moon series
- Agatha Christie's Poirot
- Waffle House
- Dwarf Fortress
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Comments
Love his ability to tap into the feelings those games provide and give us those same feelings (especially for those of us who have never successfully tapped into similar “ambient” simulator games).
Ethan Thomson
2023-12-17 18:44:37 +0000 UTCListening to this felt like I was taking part in a ritual, like a spell was being cast on me. In the absolute best way - loved it! Would love to get that ambient background audio as a separate track too.
Rauno Villberg
2023-12-11 12:11:58 +0000 UTC
