SimCity: Will Wright's City in a Box

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Post by danso » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 3:28 AM UTC

SimCity: Will Wright's City in a Box
filfre.net

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Post by jprzybyl » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 4:39 AM UTC

I absolutely adore this blog. Each entry is incredibly detailed and well written. My favorite is the one on Nintendo's influence on the PC industry:

http://www.filfre.net/2016/04/generation-nintendo/

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Post by wetmore » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 4:52 AM UTC

Really a very compelling telling of the story behind SimCity and its effect on the world.

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Post by krige » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 5:07 AM UTC

This is an absolutely amazing read.

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Post by D_Guidi » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 5:27 AM UTC

posted here days ago without receive attention. happy to see that someone noticed this amazing article!

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Post by vityaz_ » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 8:47 AM UTC

Great read.

Jumping ahead a little: The Sim City 4 community is one of the better ones I've ever seen. 13 years after the release, and people are still releasing high quality mods and custom buildings. The community has kept the game alive for all these years, and made the SC4 experience many times better.

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Post by gohrt » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 8:49 AM UTC

Article forgot SimLife, the most complex but ultimately boring of all, but made for some fun animations of animals that looked like office furniture: http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/4996/SimLife.html

From the manual: "The family that Transmogrifies together eats flies together!"

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Post by gohrt » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 9:00 AM UTC

jprzybyl wrote: post #2

I absolutely adore this blog. Each entry is incredibly detailed and well written. My favorite is the one on Nintendo's influence on the PC industry: http://www.filfre.net/2016/04/generation-nintendo/

That Nintendo walled-garden story reads like Steve Jobs's playbook for Apple Mac and iOS!

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Post by erikb » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 9:27 AM UTC

vityaz_ wrote: post #6

Great read. Jumping ahead a little: The Sim City 4 community is one of the better ones I've ever seen. 13 years after the release, and people are still releasing high quality mods and custom buildings. The community has kept the game alive for all these years, and made the SC4 experience many times better.

How do you feel about the new games like Cities Skylines? How would you rate it against SC4?

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Post by sklogic » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 10:07 AM UTC

Interesting perspective, I never looked at Trurl as a "god-like" being.