This week, I discovered the world's most soothing game for the PS5 (though it's also available on other platforms). What's it called? PowerWash Simulator. What do you do? You power wash stuff. I have already cleaned a van, a dirt bike, an entire yard full of gross rocks and dirty paving stones, a shed, a swing ... it is the most hypnotic, satisfying gift you can give yourself. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I also played The Stanley Parable, which I can only describe as sort of ... an existential examination of gaming itself? It's very strange and surprising, even though it starts with a very simple premise of a man sitting at a desk. Should we stick with games in what has turned out to be this game-heavy newsletter? Sure. I recently started playing with the mobile game Operate Now: Hospital. It's a very rudimentary surgery simulator that walks you through fixing broken bones, taking out growths, stitching up what it eagerly labels "GAPING WOUNDS," and the like. Unfortunately, it also requires you to act like a hospital bureaucrat, staffing up and making people get their rest and building new MRI machines and stuff. All unnecessary. I just want to cut cut cut! Why do games always want me to run an office? | 
