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.
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