Op-Ed

Seeking My Moment of Zen – Weekly Gaming Discussion for 4/19/20

This Week’s Gaming Thoughts

A little while back, I wrote about how I thought Euro Truck Sim 2 would bring me some peace during these troubled times. It did, for a spell, but eventually — as amazing as the game is — something tugged at me that I didn’t like. A push that I didn’t appreciate. It’s hard to explain, but I’ve not touched it since our the community check-in stream a week or so ago.

So I sought new versions of zen. First I started with Star Trek Online, which has been a bit fun, but DAMN if those ground missions always take the wind out of my sails. Then, however, over on our Discord, Dex and podcast co-host Hunter were talking about all the awesome-sounding changes coming to EVE Online.

Now, you can say a lot of things about EVE Online, but it can be a REALLY zen game if you want it to be. Between mining and wormhole scanning, it can be a delight to tool around in EVE’s impressive universe. So, I canceled my Lord of the Rings Online subscription and resubbed to EVE, and I have to say, for now, it’s been the balm I’ve needed. Will it be in a week? I hope so, but for now, it’s doing its job. If you’re in EVE and not in a corp, consider joining ours. It’s awesome. ;)

What I’ve Been Playing This Past Week

EVE Online – When you take this game less seriously and play it just to see the universe, do a bit of this and that, it’s great. The game has a thing I loved called The Agency, which is basically a PVE-finder. It’ll find you places to fight, mine or scan easily, and it’s PERFECT for someone like me who just wants to log in and tool around a bit in space.
Bloody Rally Show – Still churning through the campaigns and daily challenges. GOD I love this game.
Star Trek Online – The space combat is GREAT

What I’m Planning on Playing This Coming Week

EVE Online and Bloody Rally Show – These are GIVENS y’all.
Flight Simulator X – Gotta get back on the training train with this one. I failed Air Hauler 2’s flight test AGAIN y’all. Ugh.

Gaming Question of the Week

Is gaming helping you find your zen, and if so, how?

I said how it’s helping me above, but I’d love to hear your stories.

Top Clip of the Past Week

This clip is actually from a little bit ago, but I’m just getting caught up in making them, and it’s from Autobahn Police Simulator 2. So freaking funny.