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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