GameoLogical: Will Wright, the genius game designer behind SimCity, once said that he played one round of the strategy game Advance Wars every morning just to kickstart his brain. It makes sense that a person who made a career of playing with simulated people like pawns should like the chessmaster’s view of a battlefield. But there’s something more to such diversions than tactical maneuvering. Such games can also transport us to strange, new places and put us in the shoes of leaders who wear heavy crowns. -
