One day SimCompter One reported heavy traffic for the umpteenth time and I shut down Sim City for good. Haven’t been back since.

automaton had a different way of dealing with city complaints. Apparently his favourite thing to do was erect a massive city, let the complaints start flowing in, and then purposefully destroy his carefully crafted city with disasters. Godzilla, UFO, floods, automaton SMASH — and he smash good. His arms became animated as he told me this story. He used his fists to represent Godzilla and smashed the table (representing a city he created). “I taught those fuckers a lesson!” he exclaimed, proudly.

Come to think of it the story he told me about how he used to play Choplifter with his brother was eerily similar …

I believe I found a trend.