Euro Truck Simulator 2

My most favorite of sims just got even more realistic! We're not talking about toytown SimCity or ArmA 3's eagle-eye tactical simulation here, oh no. We're talking about the most mundane of what life has to offer times a hundred, thanks to the ultra-clarity of an Oculus Rift headset. We're talking about something that's human, dramatic, believable. You guessed it — we're talking about Euro Truck Simulator 2!

The high-scoring goods-delivery sim has been undergoing Oculus Rift experiments the past few days, according to developer SCS Software's blog. "Looking around the cabin freely is incredible," they say. "It almost feels like being in there!"

The blog post insists that the experience can't really be recreated with a screenshot, but I don't know — if you embiggen the above image, cross your eyes, and pretend it's a Magic Eye illusion, you can kind of almost see Doritos crumbs crushed into the seams of the seat cushion. Also, that 3D effect isn't half bad. This is actually a super-cool application of the Oculus Rift, in my opinion—as someone who's been known to mod games to be more realistically boring, I'm pretty excited to hit the country roads with nothing more than myself, a reality-enhancing headset, and a truckful of produce to deliver.

To coincide with IGF, PAX, GDC, OMG and WTF, Steam have slung up one of their impromptu sales, discounting tons of indie games to ensure that our libraries continue to heave under the sheer weight of unplayed games. How nice of them. I hope you've hidden your wallet after last time, because there are some cracking deals to be had, including Super Hexagon, Binding of Isaac and Terraria for silly money.

There's no countdown, so I'm assuming the many games on sale are going to stay the same price until the sale ends on March 29th (the 'Featured' games will likely rotate day by day, without offering any additional savings). There's a lot of games going cheap - more than is evident from the main page - so be sure to poke around for the ones you're interested in. Here are few of the better offers:

FTL - £3.49 (50% off)
Hotline Miami - £3.49 (50% off)
To The Moon - £2.79 (60% off)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent - £3.24 (75% off)
Miasmata - £5.99 (50% off)
Lone Survivor - £3.39 (50% off)
The Blackwell Bundle - £3.74 (75% off)
Retro City Rampage - £3.99 (67% off)
Ultratron, which came out like yesterday - £3.49 (50% off)
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - £12.49 (50% off)