Can You Learn To Drive From Playing A Video Game?
Josh PappenheimVideo games can teach you a load of vital skills.
How to run a diner. How to rob banks in intricately planned heists. How to protect an interstellar orb from an army of alien Roman guinea pigs while developing an insidious gambling addiction chasing engrams to reach a higher power level so you fight harder battles and gain even higher level items so you can fight even harder battles so you can gain even... the list goes on!
But, today, the team behind Gran Turismo have shown that driving games aren't only a bit of fun - they're a genuine training tool...
That's right, that's the police learning a thing or two about the gear stick from the new Gran Turismo - out now on PlayStation.
We can't wait to see the coppers Tokyo drifting to a corner shop Space Raiders theft...
Can you really learn ~real~ skills from video games? We asked six comedians to find out...
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The beauty of video games is they let you do anything. The beauty of humanity is we all want to be bored. Here are 11 weird and wonderful simulator games you NEED to play... First, Rock Simulator where you play as, YOU GUESSED IT, a rock. -
Or how about the inventively titled, "I Am Bread"? Smash up everything in your path for the chance to become toast. Delicious! -
Höme Improvisåtion lets you make Swedish flatpack furniture whenever you want, without all the sweat and stress and smacking your hand with a hammer and realising you're missing a piece and shouting at your partner and spending the night on the sofa... -
If you're ~really~ into Brexit and restrictive immigration laws, then Papers Please is the game for you! -
At one point or another, everyone's asked themselves, "hey, I wonder what it like to be a robot vacuum cleaner?" WELL, THANKS TO ROBOT VACUUM SIMULATOR YOU NEVER NEED ASK YOUR MUM AGAIN! -
Nothing says "for the players" like Street Cleaning Simulator.Excalibur Publishing -
Becoming a doctor would be great but it takes time and effort and *sigh* it's just a whole thing, so why not skip the five years of training and Jeremy Hunt being a cunt and just try Surgeon Simulator?Bossa Studios -
OR YOU COULD ALWAYS BECOME A LITERAL FREAKING BEAR WITH BEAR SIMULATOR!!!Farjay Studios -
Everyone's thought about sacking in their 9-5 office job and opening an artisanal honey stall at Borough Market at one point or another, but thanks to Cart Life you can live your dream without the crippling financial insecurity and hard work! -
Ever wondered what happens after you take out that entire moonbase full of Nazis using nothing but grenades? Well, Viscera Cleanup Detail is here to show you by putting you in the shoes of an unlucky janitor after a classic killing spree.RuneStorm -
And, finally, the old classic. GOAT SIMULATOR! But can you actually learn to be a goat by playing the simulator? Well, Ben Pope decided to find out! Watch our new series, Achievement Unlocked, below...Coffee Stain Studios
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