I’ve always wondered about the appeal of workplace simulators. Would a truck driver really want to go home and boot up American Truck Simulator? Would a gas station clerk really wanna fill up tanks in Gas Station Simulator? But then I checked out the demo for Tiny Bookshop and, well, I get it now. There’s something calming about the rituals of a profession we enjoy when presented via a relaxing video game, and that’s exactly what Tiny Bookshop and its 30-minute demo offered me.

When most people think of a bookseller, they likely think of a young liberal arts grad chilling on a stool and reading a book in between ringing up the occasional customer. While that’s certainly true for many shops, my experience as a........

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