Back when social gaming meant buildign a society there was little a gem called Sim City. Oli J takes us back to a time when we all had a go at town planning, with mixed results.
TwoDashStash: "Maxis was founded in 1987 by Will Wright and Jeff Braun to publish SimCity, a game which struggled to garner interest from established publishers due to it lacking any defined win or loss conditions. Despite this, the game went on to become a massive hit with over a million sales worldwide. The success of the first SimCity game lead to multiple spinoff projects, including titles such as the obscure SimRefinery which was commissioned by Chevron and the more familiar SimTower."
Gamesta.com picks up on Electronic arts' plans to turn SimCity into official educational material. In collaboration with GlassLab, they'll alter the format in SimCityEdu to give teachers a learning tool that they can use to inspire students. A project in SimCity 3000 once showed us just how far this problem solving mentality can go.
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I love city builders :D
New ones are always too dumbed down though so they can have nice graphics, so I'll stick to Dwarf Fortress.