Couch & Controller – March 7

Video gamers have done it all.  We’ve been stealthy secret agents and futuristic soldiers.  We’ve been badass warriors of sword and sorcery.  We’ve won the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the Masters.  We’ve built cities, empires and entire worlds, populated them, then watched them burn.  What challenge remains for the mighty gamer?

Garbage Truck Simulator attempts to answer that question.

Because gamers around the world demanded it, Contendo Games has unleashed Garbage Truck Simulator upon the world.  At long last, you take control of a garbage truck, drive a route and collect garbage.

No detail was spared in making this the single most detailed simulation of being a garbage man.  You drive the truck.  You switch control to the man who rides along on the back of the truck.  You guide him to the individual bins on the side of the road.  You drag them over to the truck.  You control the truck mechanism that empties the bin.  You put the bin back.  You do this for the next bin.  And the next.  And the next.

If the sheer rush of garbage collection gets to be too extreme for you, give yourself a promotion to garbage company manager.  Manage personnel, truck maintenance, and route contracts.  You’ll never go back to that snooze-fest Halo after becoming engaged in the world of Garbage Truck Simulator.

Contendo Games could have rested on the unparalleled greatness that is Garbage Truck Simulator, satisfied with programming the greatest game of all time.  But, they also offer Bus Simulator and Courier Service Simulator.  My computer actually overheated and shut down from the raw power of having more than one Contendo game on it, so my review of these sure to be fantastic titles will have to wait.