Sim City Is Back — With Shades of Instagram and Occupy Wall Street

[Ian David]

Sim City Is Back — With Shades of Instagram and Occupy Wall Street [PREVIEW]



“And here, at City Hall, you can see we’ve got a little Occupy movement going on.”

Kip Katsarelis gestures at the giant flatscreen, where a rowdy bunch of Sims have gathered to wave signs in front of his mayoral office. Their main beef? Unemployment under Katsarelis has hit a whopping 66%.

While some of the protesters want him to build more parks, that’s not going to help hiring. But the offer from a coal executive to build his corporate HQ over one of those parks — for a mere 1,000 simoleons — just might.

Luckily, Katsarelis is a senior producer at games company Maxis rather than a real mayor. And this is just a game, although we are in Emeryville, just across the San Francisco Bay from the real Occupy movement.

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http://mashable.com/2012/03/28/sim-city-preview/

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. My kids are still playing the older games. They are going to be so excited to

hear there is a new one on the way!