Insert Credit Gaiden #5 - Highway Game: A Review of American Truck Simulator by Topher Florence

Topher Florence meditates on American Truck Simulator, confronting the friction between realistic advertisments and product placement, a Greatest Hits version of America, and the emotional palette of driving around in someone’s life’s work. By Topher Florence, with intro by Alex Jaffe. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• American Truck Simulator
• Euro Truck Simulator
• Six Flags
• Mad
• Grand Theft Auto series
• OutRun
• The Crew series
• Fuel
• Grand Canyon
• Space Needle
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
• Harvest Moon series
• Agatha Christie’s Poirot
• Waffle House
• Dwarf Fortress

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