Reminds me of http://astronaut.io/# - a page that plays Youtube videos that "no one" has seen before. Just random moments of people's lives they wanted to capture, then a few seconds later, something else. It's highly soothing and rather touching. Kids singing, school projects, birthdays, strange nothings that you have no idea why they videoed, let alone uploaded, it.
Doug Stanhope was talking about how he was in Norway and there was a 12 hour show that was all about a single boat trip. He said he loved that kind of tv and that even if he had been on that boat ride he would have stayed in his cabin and just watched the televised version. He made a joke about how he would have to stay and watch the whole thing just to see how it all turned out.
Not exactly the same thing, but I found breath of the wild 100%speedruns pretty calming and engaging. Mostly link running. Occasional intense battles. Every 15 min or so, you see something really clever.
I know it’s not quite the same thing, but the game is so expansive I think it points in the same direction.
