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вЂњPower washing is an amplification of your power over hand washing things,вЂќ he said. Victoria University senior lecturer Dr Simon McCallum, an expert in gaming development, said simulator games arenвЂ™t just about doing virtual chores theyвЂ™re about doing chores slightly more easily. TheyвЂ™ve just got a different outlet one more and more of us are discovering.

Why all the meditative virtual driving? Are Lee and Maguire more stressed than the rest of us? The answer, they both reckon, is no.

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He said that after a long day at work вЂ“ heвЂ™s a UX designer for an Auckland software company вЂ“ he likes to put on some Four Tet and drive around the icy roads of Michigan: вЂњYou put music on and stare at trucks for a while.вЂќ Lee has a self-imposed set of restrictions, and refuses to leave Michigan until heвЂ™s completed all the tasks nearby. вЂњIвЂ™m now watching Farming Simulator videos.вЂќ вЂњI stopped playing all other games when I started playing it,вЂќ he said. HeвЂ™d never been a вЂњsimulator personвЂќ until he downloaded the game six months ago. This is another truck simulator, but with snow. Lee*, who is keeping his last name a secret so as not to be embarrassed in front of his workmates, plays Snowrunner.

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ItвЂ™s easy to see how simulations like Euro Truck Driver could be the antithesis of gaming culture, but they may just represent an evolution of it. TodayвЂ™s games, like Halo and Fortnite, imbue players with cool powers and gear and dump them in strange new worlds. The gaming dream is often extreme: even in the early days, games like Battlezone and Bad Street Brawler were designed to make players feel ultra-accomplished and badass. вЂњYou just sit there and drive for two hours and listen to podcasts,вЂќ said Maguire. These games, which simulate mundane tasks or everyday jobs, are described by users as meditative and soothing. What paint-by-numbers is to visual art or First Dates is to television thatвЂ™s what these simulators are to gaming. Euro Truck Simulator 2 has sold more than nine million copies. Maguire is one of a slowly-growing number of people who are opting for вЂњmindlessвЂќ simulator games games like Lawn Mowing Simulator, where you drive a ride-on lawn mower, or Powerwash, where you clean houses. While hiking and dancing are tools sheвЂ™s used to de-stress physically, she now has the option to check out of her brain almost completely. She bought her truck simulator for $2 on Steam, a game-purchasing platform, a few years ago. Every night, she drives a truck through Europe.

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For IRL, Josie Adams discovers the appeal of mundane games.Д®very day, Emma Maguire goes to work as a communications professional in Wellington. Gamers are flocking to lawn mowing, truck driving and house cleaning simulators.

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