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THE ROAD TO MAGNASANTI

Catnip for the doomed gamer generation:

In 2010, an obsessed gamer designed the perfect game of Sim City. Achieved through a repeating pattern of clustered high rises, “Magnasanti” exposes the hellish consequences of top-down civic design. In his new documentary, John Wilson explores how New York City is creeping closer and closer to realizing this fictional metropolis.

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David Crane’s “2600 Magic” iPhone Application

[Describing the technical workings of the Atari 2600][link], it is not an emulator, or even really a “how to,” but more like a… Documentary App. I love this kind of thing.

It is Volume One in what will become a series, and if you don’t buy this you are an asshole.

[link]: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/2600-magic/id351446523?mt=8# “2600 Magic for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store”