In A Messed Up World, Euro Truck Simulator Is A Ray Of Light
Engaging with reality is hard work at the moment. Every day there's some fresh anxiety bullying its way into my mind, kicking over the furniture. Endless data being beamed in real-time into my handheld misery device doesn't help either. Maybe if I keep scrolling things will get better? Ah, no. They're worse. The human brain wasn't designed to endure this amount of psychic damage on a daily basis—and I'm saying this as someone living a relatively privileged, comfortable life. Imagine how people with real problems feel right now.
It's probably deeply unhealthy, but I've gotten very good at burying my head in the sand. It's the only way I can cope with the enormity of the troubles plaguing this cursed orb. When I watch a film, play a game, read a book, make music, or whatever, I've developed the uncanny ability to completely disconnect from reality and give myself fully to whatever I'm busying myself with. It's how I get by, and one of the most effective sandy holes I routinely shove my head into is the magnificent, the wonderful, the sublime Euro Truck Simulator 2.
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ETS2 is one of the best video games ever made—and I say that without a trace of irony. Admittedly, when I first played it years ago I did it to point and laugh at the stupid boring truck game. "What kind of weirdo plays a game like this?" I sneered as I slid the disc into my PC. But just under 300 hours of trucking later, I'm one of the world's foremost ETS2 evangelists, bending the ear of anyone who'll listen about how great it is. I've written so many articles about it for so many sites and magazines that I can't remember half of them. Here's another.
It's hard to fully convey ETS2's
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