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Desert Bus was released as a protest game. In the 90s video games were demonized for being nothing more than violence simulators. Penn & Teller took that as a challenge and had some developers make the most non-violent game they could think of.
It was made as a novelty. The people who made it knew it was boring, that’s the joke. The main group that still actually plays it is a charity group who suffers through it while getting donations for Child’s Play charity.
Thank you, this is very interesting.
Vinesauce Joel's playthrough of it is also very iconic
Joel also has a real-time flight from Sweden to Brazil in Flight Simulator that's very entertaining despite being several hours long.
Oh yeah, I remember that