2019-06-01_PC_Gamer

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od,I’msickofreal-life
politics.Rightnowit
allfeelssohigh-stakes
andimportantthatI
can’tbringmyselfto
lookawayfromrollingnews
coverage,butI can’tbetheonlyone
whoseestheheadlinesandthinks
theycoulddoa muchimprovedjob.
I haveneithereducationnorwork
experience,butI dohavea genuine
convictionthatI couldmakea
betterfistofthingsthancurrent
worldleaders.FiringupSimCity, I
putmymoneywheremymouthis.

Optimistically, I name my nascent
tangle of streets SNAFUville. This, it
transpires, is an act of foresight. As
soon as citizens have moved here
they start complaining. Case in point

• electricity.They’reallwhining
  abouthowtheycan’tpluginthe
  toasterorswitchontheTV,butare
  anyofthemacceptingthejobson
  offeratthenewpowerplantthatI’ve
  builtforthem?Notforages.I’dsay
  thatdelay’sonthem,notme.
  The thing that quickly strikes me
  is how powerless I feel, despite my
  status as the sole, despotic member of
  government in this godforsaken
  town. I want to improve things, but I

EMMADAVIES

THISMONTH

Decidednottorunfor

re-election

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just can’t do it overnight. I’m trying,

trust me. I really am. The thing is,

amenities cost money – and raising

taxes doesn’t go down too well. This

means that my townsfolk can’t have

everything at once, even though they

darn well want it. Now.

It’s not that I’m blind to the fact

that crime is happening, guys. I

accept it’s not palatable to the

settlement’s growing demographic of

mid-wealth NIMBYs. Except, police

stations cost money that we don’t

currently have. And while I’m trying

Shakinghands,kissingbabiesandabandoningofficeinSIMCITY

“Amenities cost money – and raising

taxes doesn’t go down too well”

E XCEP T, P O LICE S TATIO NS

COST MONEY THAT WE DON’T

CURRENTLY HAVE

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There is a perfectly good bus service, but

they’d rather sit in traffic jams and whine.