Microsoft Flight Simulator is pretty great. "A seismic moment for PC gaming," we said in our 89% review, that's both "a simulator for people interested in flight, and a magical virtual tourism portal for people interested in peering into the Mir Mine in a prop they're controlling with a pad." That's an important point: "Serious" flight sims are great if that's your thing, but they're often about as accessible as The Iliad—not a great thing when all you really want to do is bash around inside a hurricane or try to land at the bottom of a terrifying cosmic rift... Read more.
