About Simulation Daily

Launched by Orbx Simulation Systems in June 2024, it features news, interviews, previews, and editorials about our favorite hobbies.

Why “Simulation Daily?”

Simulation and gaming have always represented two faces of the same coin. When video games were younger, simulators were seen as the cutting edge of the gaming industry, with historical series like Microsoft Flight Simulator acting as showpieces of what computers could achieve in the field of entertainment, while studios like Lucasfilm transported us to World War II with legendary titles like Their Finest Hour or Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe.

While the popular perception has somewhat shifted since these glorious times, games remain essentially a simulation of something. Whether it’s real or fictional, on a big or small scale, the aim is to simulate some kind of situation, event, or activity.

We have games that simulate the operation of a vehicle or a machine like Gran Turismo or Euro Truck Simulator. Some simulate combat or conflict like Street Fighter or Total War. Some simulate the functioning of a business like Stardew Valley or even a nation like Civilization.

Some games simulate a world like many MMORPGs or a wider universe like Starfield or Star Citizen, while others simulate events within these settings like your story-driven RPGs including Baldur’s Gate and Final Fantasy. Some simulate interpersonal relations like The Sims and even love like Tokimeki Memorial. Many games simulate a combination of these elements and more.

Yet, many gaming websites place at least some of the genres usually defined as simulation firmly on the backseat.

The 2020 release of Microsoft Flight Simulator and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 are good examples. They’re full-fledged AAA games targeting millions of users, but they usually get a fraction of the attention and coverage compared to other games in the triple-A range.

The same can be said about other high-level vehicular simulation games like iRacing, Assetto Corsa, DCS World, and many more.

Many gaming press outlets see the genre as too “serious” to be considered “real games,” or simply not accessible enough to generate the traffic they want. Of course, this also extends to many users and has created a split that we intend to mend.

Simulation Daily does away with these misconceptions and gives simulation engines and environments (for games or otherwise) the space they deserve making sure that they don’t fall under your radar, causing you to miss entertainment experiences that certainly deserve to be enjoyed.

On Simulation Daily you’ll find daily (that’s the second half of the name, after all) articles about the whole spectrum of simulation and gaming, from triple-A to indie and obscure, from the West to the East, from Fortnite to Microsoft Flight Simulator and DCS World passing by the latest JRPGs and visual novels.

Who is Orbx?

Orbx is one of the most prominent creators of add-ons for flight simulators operating out of Australia.

It specializes in turning geospatial data into environments and scenery that you can enjoy in your favorite simulators (which you can find on Orbx Direct), on top of creating content and solutions for professional simulation and working on digital twins.

What is our mission?

Simulation Daily’s mission is to be a positive force in this industry that too often dwells on commercially advantageous negativity and manufactured outrage while underrepresenting what makes gaming good and uplifting.

This doesn’t mean that we give up criticism or ignore distasteful events (which unfortunately aren’t rare), but don’t focus on them disproportionately just because they usually generate the most clicks and engagement.

Not only do we celebrate gaming and simulation and the people who make games, but we also strive to expand your horizons of the hobby by exploring why certain choices within the industry are made, and a critical step on that path is giving developers a voice with frequent interviews.

We don’t bend our coverage to the whims of search engines. For years the trend among the gaming press has been not only to adapt the style but also the content and topics of articles to fit what provides the most visibility on Google.

Here you won’t find manufactured controversy, attempts to capitalize on your outrage, rumors from random social media users, or guides on elementary things like saving your game or finding the multiplayer option.

You also won’t find reviews, because we’d rather help you build up the tools to decide for yourself whether a game or product is worth your hard-earned money or not, as opposed to telling you ourselves, based on our personal taste and personality which may not match yours.

We hope that on Simulation Daily you will find articles that will make you want to come back every day because they genuinely spark your interest, expose you to games and simulators you did not know about, and enrich your knowledge and experience of the industry.

Ultimately, we hope that you’ll come back to read the content we write because you truly enjoy it and want more, and not because a search engine or an algorithm occasionally tells you that you might enjoy it.

Welcome to Simulation Daily. We hope you’ll enjoy your time here.