This week, Cory ruins the space-time continuum by moving playlists to the front of the show, while Evan, Tyler, and T.J. look on in horror. We read some real live listener emails, and discuss the concept of mundanity in games. And yes, we discuss Euro Truck Simulator 2... on a US-based podcast!

Watch everything you thought you knew about reality writhe and die in PC Gamer Podcast 358 - Oh, the Mundanity!

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The day has finally come my fellow truckers-in-training. After working for months to keep our left turns from wreaking havoc during the morning commute, we’ve finally received a massive update to Euro Truck Simulator 2 that sharpens some of the game’s rougher edges.

Most of the update’s fixes aren’t anything out of the ordinary. You have your optimization of memory pool usage, the game now pauses when you activate the Steam overlay and the animations of some mobility-disabled pedestrians have been fixed.

The update also corrects some things you wouldn’t normally see in a simulation of our world, such as rain pouring through bridges, an incorrect version of the border separating France and Belgium, and a marked lack of tollbooths.

My favorite part of the update, however, is the ability to deactivate the game’s speed limiter in the options menu. I don’t know if this means we can get some European trucks traveling at supersonic speeds, but it would it would certainly be a boon for the shipping industry. Just watch out for those roundabouts. I hear turns can get quite tricky after you’ve broken the sound barrier.

From the god of the simulation genre comes the latest in astounding, lifelike approximations of human endurance. No, I'm not talking about SimCity's infrastructural dramas. You won't be messing around with the direction of poop flow; instead you'll be dealing with drama-riddled matters of urgency, such as cleaning green goo off a factory floor to the satisfaction of health and safety inspectors. Yep—it's Chemical Spillage Simulation!

Chemical Spillage Simulation today appeared in the extensive catalogue of Excalibur Publishing, the same brilliant minds who backed up Euro Truck Simulator 2. You're the newest member of the Special Chemical Disaster Prevention unit—with a fluoro hazard suit, various tools, and even a robot at your disposal, you're going to ensure that livestock within a few hundred miles of the chemical plant never sprout extra limbs. You world-saver, you!

Like its truck-commanding brother, it sounds as though Chemical Spillage Simulation will also be heavily mission-based, with your career propelled through minor chemical clean-ups to battles with radiation and even factory fires.

The chemical spill-thrills are scheduled for a June release, and can be preordered through Excalibur's website.

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)