AI is coming to take my job, so I’d better start looking for a new one. Luckily, there are a ton of job simulators on Steam, and I’m going to play as many as I can until I find my next career. This week’s job: PBA Pro Bowling 2026, a bowling sim about bowling.As a new bowler on the amateur circuit, my first day isn’t going well. I’m trying to learn how to hook the ball—to roll it in a curving pattern so it hits the pins at an angle—and it turns out there’s quite a lot to it. You even have to consider the oil patterns on the alley and how they affect the ball. I didn’t know there was oil in bowling, let alone patterns of it.Much as I respect PBA Pro Bowling 2026’s surprisingly deep physics simulation—I’m a little impatient. I’ve rolled the ball like five times and have yet to make a strike. All I want to do is fling a ball and hit pins and hear that glorious clattering sound, one of the best sounds in all of sports.What if I just, I don’t know… roll the ball straight? No hooking it, just aim down the middle. Has anyone in bowling history ever even tried it? Probably not! I try it and make a strike. I try it again and make another strike. Frowning a bit, I roll the ball in a completely straight line again. Third strike.I’m also throwing it as hard as I…
