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The story of #SimCity is the story of the world we live in—of the entanglement of computing, entertainment, design, & governance. And where it succeeded—and failed—teaches us how to navigate maps that become territories...

@chaimg.bsky.social on #HumansOnTheLoop:
michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/h-23

"Who would've thought that a game about land zoning ... would be a big hit?"

Game designer and author of "Building SimCity," @chaimg.bsky.social, expands on the legacy of SimCity and the deeper cultural & technological significance of simulation games: @techstuffpod.bsky.social

I knew @chaimg.bsky.social's Building SimCity would be good, but I had no idea how much I would love the chapters that lead to the game. Doreen Gehry Nelson, history of cellular automata, chock-full of ideas that help me understand my own work:

In an episode exclusively for our $5 patrons: @bobservo.bsky.social @atariarchive.org @chaimg.bsky.social & @philsalv.bsky.social carefully plan and build a podcast about SimCity2000 before the exodus occurs

Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/121505...

Shout out to our friends at @mitpress.bsky.social who donated all these incredible game history books for our fundraiser! We'll be raffling them off every hour during our Feb 22 charity stream!

(love seeing @jzagal.bsky.social @jesperjuul.bsky.social @chaimg.bsky.social and other friends in here!)

After 17 years of development, Caves of 1.0 is Out NOW!

Live and Drink.

Cool automatic authoring of interactive, simulation based diagrams for textbooks.

Augmented Physics: Creating Interactive and Embedded Physics Simulations from Static Textbook Diagrams

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUgY...
Short explainer: tinyurl.com/2wfs74u3
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2405.18614