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Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything

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Re: Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything

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Post by elzbardico »

The American problem is not one of a lack of houses. This is just a symptom.

The American Problem is the combination of Income and Wealth Concentration.

And those problems were created by asset inflation from Central Banks' manipulation of currency, the ideologies of too-big-to-fail and trickle-down-economics, predatory de-regulation, hostility to labor organization, warmongerism and widespread paranoia that only serves to justify the gigantic spending on the industrial military complex, which in turns backfeed into the vast coffers of Wall Street.

America has been engaged for a long time in the biggest wealth and income transfer program in history, too bad it is from the poor and the middle class to the millionaires. It is not a surprise that a lot of people end up living in tents.

Re: Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything

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Post by Steltek »

elzbardico wrote: post #21

The American problem is not one of a lack of houses. This is just a symptom. The American Problem is the combination of Income and Wealth Concentration. And those problems were created by asset inflation from Central Banks' manipulation of currency, the ideologies of too-big-to-fail and trickle-down-economics, predatory de-regulation, hostility to labor organization, warmongerism and widespread paranoia that only ser…

This is a generic, dismissive reply. You could say the unchecked rise of nationalism/jingoism, mental health, crime, etc are also all just symptoms of income inequality. It certainly contributes but it's more complex than that.

Re: Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything

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Post by pessimizer »

Steltek wrote: post #22
elzbardico wrote: post #21

The American problem is not one of a lack of houses. This is just a symptom. The American Problem is the combination of Income and Wealth Concentration. And those problems were created by asset inflation from Central Banks' manipulation of currency, the ideologies of too-big-to-fail and trickle-down-economics, predatory de-regulation, hostility to labor organization, warmongerism and widespread paranoia that only ser…

This is a generic, dismissive reply. You could say the unchecked rise of nationalism/jingoism, mental health, crime, etc are also all just symptoms of income inequality. It certainly contributes but it's more complex than that.

> it's more complex than that.

Talk about a generic dismissive reply. Could you be more specific about your objections?

Re: Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything

#24

Post by dionidium »

elzbardico wrote: post #21

The American problem is not one of a lack of houses. This is just a symptom. The American Problem is the combination of Income and Wealth Concentration. And those problems were created by asset inflation from Central Banks' manipulation of currency, the ideologies of too-big-to-fail and trickle-down-economics, predatory de-regulation, hostility to labor organization, warmongerism and widespread paranoia that only ser…

People are literally lining up down the block to look at apartments in the most competitive markets.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-02-18/looking-t...

Re: Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything

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Post by pessimizer »

zbrozek wrote: post #17

You should be allowed to build parking in Sim NIMBY. I've never heard a NIMBY oppose more parking. Heaven forbid you allow people too. The federal government needs to strengthen property rights if they want to see more housing at lower prices. I don't think they realize the degree of the housing disaster or its long term impacts on the economy yet. A lot of millennials are aging out of childbearing without having had…

> You should be allowed to build parking in Sim NIMBY.

Really? If you're playing as the YIMBY against NIMBYs, isn't one of your main goals to build housing without parking?

Re: Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything

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Post by Steltek »

pessimizer wrote: post #23
Steltek wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a generic, dismissive reply. You could say the unchecked rise of nationalism/jingoism, mental health, crime, etc are also all just symptoms of income inequality. It certainly contributes but it's more complex than that.

> it's more complex than that. Talk about a generic dismissive reply. Could you be more specific about your objections?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law

Re: Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything

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Post by DonHopkins »

elzbardico wrote: post #21

The American problem is not one of a lack of houses. This is just a symptom. The American Problem is the combination of Income and Wealth Concentration. And those problems were created by asset inflation from Central Banks' manipulation of currency, the ideologies of too-big-to-fail and trickle-down-economics, predatory de-regulation, hostility to labor organization, warmongerism and widespread paranoia that only ser…

It's ironic that Ronald Reagan wanted to test everyone else's urine, yet he also wanted to trickle down his untested piss-on-the-poor voodoo-economic theories all over the entire country.

Re: Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything

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Post by DonHopkins »

Game Helpin' Squad: Pretend Gas Station: Josh takes us through the most uneventful game ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPMeWas4kXM

I had the pleasure of showing that video to Will Wright a week ago -- he'd never seen it before! He appreciated the humor.

All the Game Helpin' Squad videos are brilliant spot-on parodies of actual games, worth pausing and reading the hilarious jokes in the user interface feedback and chat logs.

"A Pissed Off Tutoral For Google Wave" is an extremely accurate review of Google Wave:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z4RKRLaSug

“Time Travel Understander” is a parody of Braid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fABGyVzVwI

“Severe Running” parodies those Flash running games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrUWFo2D1Xs

And “World Quester 2” is the ultimate D&D RPG parody:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gy9hJauXns

“Solitare Party” parodies all those card games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBbMb3X2R8A

"Burgers And Guns" parodies GTA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2VaHd29DEc

"Dusking Midnight" parodies text adventures (vampire centric tween romances, aka bentric twomances):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFNQBmw4C1g

"Commanders Of Siege Force" parodies RPG menu & dialog games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWIf38KAiEo

"Chonochores" parodies domestic housework simulation games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vu5MrYzVbY

Re: Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything

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Post by Steltek »

pessimizer wrote: post #25
zbrozek wrote: post #17

You should be allowed to build parking in Sim NIMBY. I've never heard a NIMBY oppose more parking. Heaven forbid you allow people too. The federal government needs to strengthen property rights if they want to see more housing at lower prices. I don't think they realize the degree of the housing disaster or its long term impacts on the economy yet. A lot of millennials are aging out of childbearing without having had…

> You should be allowed to build parking in Sim NIMBY. Really? If you're playing as the YIMBY against NIMBYs, isn't one of your main goals to build housing without parking?

The game satirizes NIMBYs, who always agree to build more parking or don't complain when parking expansion is the proposal under discussion.
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