So you and your friends were all set to live out your retail management dreams, only to get hit with a "code 9" error. Don't refund the game just yet. Here's how to actually fix it.

Seafarer: The Ship Sim has the soul of a brilliant maritime simulator trapped in the body of a janky, un-optimized mess. It makes my PC weep, but I still can't bring myself to abandon ship.

We finish our real jobs and immediately clock in for our virtual ones, stocking shelves in Supermarket Simulator or power washing filth for hours. We're paying for the privilege of digital drudgery. But what are we actually buying with our time and money? Is it a sense of control our real lives lack? A meditative escape from a chaotic world? Let's dig into the weird psychology of why we've all become so obsessed with working when we're off the clock.