This post appeared in a previous blog and is here for posterity’s sake.

Madison Square Garden from The New York City Journals
Via Gothamist, comes The New York City Journals, a blog about simulated New York City in Sim City; a frighteningly accurate simulation of NYC three years in the making. The author even simulates what happens in the real world: UES Townhouse Explosion, September 11th, and the Liddle Plane crash in the UES.

SimCity New York by The New York City Journals
Fifty years ago, this guy would be building model railroads in his basement, now he can do it from the comfort of his laptop. I think Baudrillard is spinning in his grave. I never know how to react to these sorts of things: on one hand, I am fascinated by the determination and detail of people’s obsessions; on the other hand, what happens when he finishes? What then?