Dec 20 2011
Shadow Government
Online games usually suck beyond all measure. I played Cyber Nations just to have my beautiful country “Dildopia” ruined by some jerk with nuclear weapons. This is why we can never let al-Qaeda get nuclear weapons by the way. If you let terrorists get weapons, then countries like Dildopia will be destroyed, all hope will be lost and the terrorists win.
Shadow Government seems like a pretty interesting concept, where you can literally play the news.
Shadow Government® uses T21-USA as an engine for its simulations. Threshold 21 (T21) is a dynamic simulation tool designed to support comprehensive, integrated long‐term country planning. The model has been developed by the Millennium Institute and is the result of more than 20 years of extensive research and application carried out in consultation with the World Bank, UN agencies, developing country governments, and nongovernmental organizations.
T21 integrates economic, social, and environmental factors in its analysis, thereby providing insight into the potential impact of development policies across a wide range of sectors. It reveals how different strategies interact to achieve desired goals and objectives.
Essentially it’s a game that in many ways simulates real life economy, diplomacy, war, and struggle for power. You can’t say that about “Angry Birds.” Those birds suck.
Dec 20, 2011 @ 15:17:59
You lost me at TI-83 or whatever. CounterStrike:Source is where it’s at. None of your new fangled CODMW3 realism, no stupid strategy of building up your ship/roller coaster/city/hit points/empire or whatever.
And because I play Gun Game Deathmatch servers, the hardest decision I have to make is if I want to be a terrorist or a counter terrorist.
Ken
Dec 20, 2011 @ 15:42:29
I, for one, still weep for the brave Dildopians, who sacrificed so much and received so little in return. Where were you, America? Where?
Geoff
Dec 20, 2011 @ 15:42:35
Be a terrorist. What did a counter ever do to you?
Dec 20, 2011 @ 17:10:43
Everybody wants to be a terrorist in normal gameplay. You get: the cool houndstooth face scarf thingy, the AK and the Desert Eagle.
Geoff
Dec 20, 2011 @ 18:32:08
yay?