{"id":14955,"date":"2024-06-26T10:37:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T08:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/its-impossible-to-play-for-more-than-30-minutes-without-feeling-im-about-to-die-lawn-mowing-games-uncut\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T08:37:39","slug":"its-impossible-to-play-for-more-than-30-minutes-without-feeling-im-about-to-die-lawn-mowing-games-uncut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/its-impossible-to-play-for-more-than-30-minutes-without-feeling-im-about-to-die-lawn-mowing-games-uncut\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s impossible to play for more than 30 minutes without feeling I\u2019m about to die\u2019: lawn-mowing games uncut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawn Mowing Simulator joins a long line of popular simulation games of real-life activities. But why trim fake grass? We ask some cutting-edge experts<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a school of thought that insists video games are purely about escapism. Where else can you pretend you\u2019re a US Marine Force Recon (Call of Duty), a heroic eco warrior preventing a dodgy company from draining a planet\u2019s spiritual energy (Final Fantasy), or a football manager (Football Manager) \u2013 all from the comfort of your sofa?<\/p>\n<p>But the antithesis of these thrills-and-spills experiences are the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2020\/may\/25\/job-simulation-games-farming-trucking-bus-driving\">anti-escapist games<\/a>. Farming Simulator, PowerWash Simulator, Euro Truck Simulator \u2013 these hugely successful titles challenge the whole concept of interactive entertainment as something, well, exciting. Now we have what at first glance appears the most boring of all, <a href=\"https:\/\/skyhookgames.com\/case-study\/lawn-mowing-simulator\/\">Lawn Mowing Simulator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/article\/2024\/jun\/26\/lawn-mowing-simulator-simulation-games\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/566855805732cac292241c4a8ab253c64625c303\/75_3_1293_776\/master\/1293.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=121e85ecac11487b0495dec9bb2f0671\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s impossible to play for more than 30 minutes without feeling I\u2019m about to die\u2019: lawn-mowing games uncut\" \/>Lawn Mowing Simulator joins a long line of popular simulation games of real-life activities. But why trim fake grass? We ask some cutting-edge experts<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a school of thought that insists video games are purely about escapism. Where else can you pretend you\u2019re a US Marine Force Recon (Call of Duty), a heroic eco warrior preventing a dodgy company from draining a planet\u2019s spiritual energy (Final Fantasy), or a football manager (Football Manager) \u2013 all from the comfort of your sofa?<br \/>\nBut the antithesis of these thrills-and-spills experiences are the so-called anti-escapist games. Farming Simulator, PowerWash Simulator, Euro Truck Simulator \u2013 these hugely successful titles challenge the whole concept of interactive entertainment as something, well, exciting. Now we have what at first glance appears the most boring of all, Lawn Mowing Simulator. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawn Mowing Simulator joins a long line of popular simulation games of real-life activities. But why trim fake grass? We ask some cutting-edge experts There\u2019s a school of thought that insists video games are purely about escapism. Where else can you pretend you\u2019re a US Marine Force Recon (Call of Duty), a heroic eco warrior &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/its-impossible-to-play-for-more-than-30-minutes-without-feeling-im-about-to-die-lawn-mowing-games-uncut\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018It\u2019s impossible to play for more than 30 minutes without feeling I\u2019m about to die\u2019: lawn-mowing games uncut<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14955"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}