I Might Just Play More News Tower Instead Of Going To Therapy

This newspaper management sim may or may not be good for my health.

It is 4 am. About eight hours ago I told my partner I wasn't really vibing with News Tower, a handsome newspaper management sim that's leaving early access after nearly two years. I've not left my desk since.

See, that was before the Newspaper Wars. Before I decided to stick it to the corrupt politicians, puritanical 1930s Karens and the intimidating mobsters. Before I hired lawyers, installed pneumatic tubes and finally added a third page to New York's beacon of truth, its greatest paper, The Firestarter.

Now I'm a machine, spitting out hard-hitting story after hard-hitting story. Mine disasters, political scandals, bank heists, economic turmoil—and yes, the occasional bit of celebrity news, but always on a quest to inform rather than sensationalise.

And at the end of the week, I watch the numbers go up. Readership, influence, my bank balance. Sure, I have to occasionally deal with protesters jamming up the front door, or mobsters breaking in to trash all my equipment, but I'm unstoppable.

After smashing my head against the competing interests of the city's factions for hours, I finally found my groove, reaching a zen-like state when I am the reporter chasing a story, the colossal printer churning out news, the typesetter laying out the articles, even the pristine toilet where my hardworking staff can ponder life's biggest questions.

While News Tower does like to serve up the odd figurative paper jam, when you get on a roll, boy do you just keep rolling. How can I go to bed when there's so much more for me to do? So many heights left for me to ascend.

The journey to this point has not been without its trials and tribulations, though.

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When you get on a roll, boy do you just keep rolling.

Source: PC Gamer