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WORLD BUILDING The so-called God games turn kids into master builders. They can craft working metropolises--from sewers to skyscrapers--in SIM CITY 3000 or build empires to rule the world over 5,000 years of history in CIVILIZATION: CALL TO POWER, the latest and greatest in the popular Civ series. A taste of simulated despotism never hurt anyone...
...actually be the most enjoyable and effective educational tools to come along since Jeopardy! This week in Washington seventh- and eighth-graders from across the country will compete in the finals of the annual future-cities contest, judged by a panel of engineers. The contest's software of choice? Sim City, of course. "They should introduce this game to all classrooms," says Hayes Lord, a New York City planner...
Lord's boss, Rudy Giuliani, would no doubt agree. He was in his first term when he found his son Andrew, then 7, playing Sim City. Andrew had placed police stations on every street corner. The crime rate was zero. Giuliani Sr. watched, fascinated, and began making suggestions on taxation, zoning and so forth. Finally, Andrew wheeled around. "Dad," he told the mayor of New York, "this is my city...
Hill then dished to Beam behind him, who beat Sim's desperation lunge and drained his fourth three-point bucket of the evening. Beam's trey gave the Crimson its first win over B.C. since...
...sim simma, I assure you), and what qualifies me to stand on this soap box and espouse my so-called knowledge...