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Kingdom in a Box
An entire civilization in miniature - in an interactive box. (Read the full article)
| "We've already got kingdom in a box: the Civilization series of games" (Blue Monkey 8/6/2005 6:57:14 PM ) |
| "When I suggested this item, I also mentioned the fact that Trurl/Lem's box inspired the mother of all god games - SimCity.
The creator of SimCity, Will Wright says this story was a big influence on his innovative and addictive game concept." (Yossi Preminger 8/8/2005 2:12:28 AM ) |
| "Real-Time Stratey computer games (Civilization III, Medeival: Total War, Spore, etc.) approximate this technology, and have existed for decades." (Dave Kellum 8/21/2005 7:58:57 PM ) |
| "Take a look at an early related idea - Ted Sturgeon's 1941 story Microcosmic God." (Bill Christensen 12/16/2006 7:57:59 AM ) |
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