____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 10 November 2007 12:20 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 09 November 2007 18:26 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> EA Donates SimCity To One Laptop Per Child
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote
>>>>| OLPC will begin distributing laptops in countries such as Uruguay, Peru,
>>>>| Mexico, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Haiti, Cambodia and India by the end of 2007.
>>>>| EA adds that SimCity is already being used in more than 10,000 classrooms
>>>>| as an educational tool, and that it is part of the annual Future City
>>>>| Competition, a contest that still runs in seventh and eighth grade
>>>>| classrooms today.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16162
>>>>
>>>
>>> I suppose that EA need to get simcity out there, otherwise people would
>>> use one of the many free alternatives. Lincity is one, although it's
>>> old, it runs on most machines.
>>
>> It's mainly a PR move, but the children seem to be winning. This isn't a
>> case of trying to control the minds of the children (as opposed to some
>> other scenario you're aware of).
>>
>
> As you say, it's PR and perhaps a little cynical, but in the end, as
> there are alternatives out there, and games like simcity are generally
> considered to have a very positive side, then I think that there is no
> particular harm done here.
If there's a route to cash from upgrade, then be suspicious. If image is all
it's about, then fine. As a child, I grew up on SimCity myself. It was one of
my favourites at one point, especially when 2000 came out.
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