The Real Sim City

BBC article from a few days ago is interesting for all kinds
of reasons - seems to resonate with both Axel's and Gerald's research as
well as (some of) what we were talking about...

Favorite quote:

"We used the idea of Sim City to develop a process where the community can
play games with their own future and see the consequences."

The Real Sim City
By Ben Sutherland
BBC News, Vancouver

The legendary computer game Sim City has been used as the basis for a new
programme which is being used to project what the world's cities will look
like in the future.

MetroQuest, a piece of software put together by Canadian developers
Envision, allows the users to input the decisions that are being made by
city planners and see how these areas will change over the next 40 years.

They can also manipulate various factors and explore "what if" future
scenarios for their community.

...continued: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5105534.stm