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When boredom became a video game feature

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The ultimate triumph of modern processing power is the ability to perfectly simulate sitting in mundane traffic. Extreme simulators pride themselves on unrelenting realism, forcing players to sit idle in a digital driver's seat for literally eight real-time hours delivering digital cargo across an entirely barren virtual highway, effectively turning tedious labor into recreational entertainment.

When boredom became a video game feature
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