gamerdad I’ve stumbled into this sim again.

No, I haven’t previously written about my forays into virtual farming with the Farming Simulator series, but occasionally I do find some quiet time to pick away at a contract and harvest some wheat or bale some hay and sit quietly doing something that seems deeply productive while being absolutely video-game-style pointless.

Don’t judge.

No, but seriously, the truth of it is that in the vast world of simulator-style games, Farming Simulator has found an interesting enough niche that piggybacks off a long history of mobile and freemium games like Farmville, and steps one step closer to realism than a lifestyle sim like Stardew Valley, for example.

I have dabbled in three or four generations of this franchise now, and I do find a bit of a flow state now that I’ve figured out how to just work away at the fun bits and not fret the deeper end of the business sim stuff.

I did some writing earlier this evening and so kicked back with the Playstation opting to dive into something that didn’t require much brain power.