simcity
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SimCity Social Says Hello Japan In An Odd Way
There are some Western creations — take Total War, for example — which do an amazing job of recreating Japan. Then there are other Western creations — say, Kill Bill — which do a wonderful job of riffing on Japanese pop culture. Then there’s stuff like SimCity Social.
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SimCity Social: The Kotaku Review
Facebook has been very good to the city-building genre. Every day millions of people wake up, log in and click away the day placing buildings, upgrading facilities and incessantly bugging their friends for help in titles like Zynga’s CityVille or Game Insight’s My Country. Now the legendary franchise that inspired these games has come to…
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Bustling New SimCity Makes Old SimCity Look As Still As A Board Game
The new SimCity, set for release on PC early next year, looks delightful. It doesn’t look like it plays all that differently than the old ones; just updated, as they might say, for modern times.
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Chiptunes, Schmiptunes: Embracing The Human Side Of Video Game Audio
We’re living in something of a golden age of chiptune music. The last five or so years have seen a popularity explosion for the classic electronic sounds that most gamers associate with the games of their youths.