Year: 2007

Sim City is known to many as a computer simulation game that allows players to build the cities of their dreams. While the game can be addicting, it is certainly true that the Sim City designers have assumed a particular set of largely materialistic values into the game. That will now change with the introduction of Sim City Societies that will allow the game players to choose from a wider assortment of value systems.

Some umbrage has been taken at the appropriateness of Rowling’s decision to uncork this news in front of children, a brand of sanctimony for which I have no patience. Having made their way through an epic series that includes multiple murders, demonic possession, and the psychic toll of having mentally ill parents, children will, I imagine, be able to handle the bulletin that some people are gay.