Comments on: Simulating Our Petroleum-Dependent Future

By: Goodspeed Update » Blog Archive » Urban Planning as Computer Game in Boston’s Chinatown

Fri, 07 May 2010 19:21:29 +0000

[...] members, not the God’s eye view adopted by systems-optimization games like Sim City or Chevron’s Energyville. Although, like all games, Participatory Chinatown must contain simplifications and assumptions, it [...]

By: Nowooski

Nowooski — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:51:02 +0000

It’s a marketing gimmick. And as least as far as I am concerned, it is a successful one. I now think of Chevron in slightly more positive light and associate the company with pleasant sounds and a happy sims-like environment.
That is more than I can say for Shell or Mobil.

By: Nikolas

Nikolas — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:29:33 +0000

Great write up. I played the game and think that being forced to add an offshore oil rig to win the first level was the point of the game. They need you to buy their oil…

By: IMGoph

IMGoph — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:20:47 +0000

…it doesn�t support serious examination and debate about energy technology or policy. But maybe that�s the point.

bingo.

thanks for writing this up!