 So there we were, deep in the jungles of Peru. I had just had our guide fired for eating with his hands. Naturally, naturally, of course. So utterly alone, as fate would have it, I suffered a spiida bite. Oh, good heavens! Good heavens, indeed. Luckily I'd just been playing green hell back at home, so I need to look for the leaf of the plantain lily. Now, hold on, dear boy. Do you mean to tell me that you use knowledge obtained from a video game to dress your wound? Ah-ah-ah, simulators, my boy, not video games, simulators. Now, don't try and slip that one past me. I've browsed my fair share of Steam store pages, and green hell is far more of a glorified action-adventure title than a simulator. Well, surely you can appreciate that the casual wrappings on these experiences are mere marketing tools, but you mustn't underestimate the hidden educational value of so-called casual simulators. Nonsense. Now, of course, surgeon-simulator may not raise one's surgical prowess, but I do believe that there are ancillary benefits that cannot be measured. No, no, I won't have it. I've seen what dross they slap the simulator title on these days. Besides, would you truly extol the virtues of that vile cloven hooved menace with the protruding tongue? Oh, no, my boy, no, no, no. I think we can both agree that Goat Simulator is a mere masquerade of a simulator. Yes, my boy. Yes, my boy. It's nothing but an odious satire to be discarded with the other flotsam and jetsam of the Steam store now. Yes, yes, yes, very good, very good. Very good, yes, indeed. You must agree, however, that much like Grease's devious wooden equine- La Trojan horse, yes, I've heard of it. There is immense value, I say immense, sir. There is immense value hiding within these casual simulation experiences. I submit Kerbal Space Program, fits the bill. A touche, my boy, a touche. My godson Percival supplemented his orbital mechanics to studies with that very executable. But I would also submit that these happenings are the minority in the simulator pantheon. Well, if you'll excuse my language, fire upon that utterance, sir. Yes, fire indeed. Gasp! My submissions to the contrary are legion, sir. Stardew Valley, city skylines, House Flipper, the Pets DLC for House Flipper, experiences brimming with academic value all, preposterous. I shall meet you at Farming Simulator, sir, but I shall go no further. Fine compromise, fine compromise. Indeed, fine compromise. Alright, sweet guys, we're halfway to unlocking the diamond monocle. Let's go!