![]() ![]() The consequences of playing this in the real world are becoming increasingly apparent, and yet, like the little computer controlled 'zombie' characters in the game, many people seem to be largely oblivious and instead moan about the lack of parking and how we need more roads to get to the shops to buy things that we’re told that we need. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately some people are playing this game for real, and chances are, rather than being the player, you're the one being played, primarily for monetary gain (not yours). There are also no environmental consequences to your actions. It is a game based on a simple model of land ownership and city growth based on the sale and development of that land, except in the game, land and resources are infinite, and we don't have to think about how that land was acquired in the first place, it's just magically owned and presumeaby not acquired through war, deceptive deals with indigenous people or by simply planting a flag and stealing it. Just in case you haven't played it (if you were a teenager growing up in the 80's chances are you will have at least seen it), the primary aim of the game is to make money and you do this by growing your city. Variations on the original game have more recently been released on mobile devices and it's been interesting to revisit it. It was a popular game and it spawned many 'Sim' variations over the years. In the late 1980s, a game was released called Sim City. ![]()
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