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Ep. 11: SimRefinery Simulated by a Refined Phil Salvador

2020/12/23
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Today’s episode features the bizarre origins of SimRefinery) as well as other Sim titles which never came to be. Phil Salvador joins the Video Game History Hour to discuss a branch of Maxis, Business Simulations Division, which gives us a glimpse into a path-not-taken, alternate reality where Maxis might have only made a name for themselves in the world of business. A world where powerhouse franchises like SimCity and The Sims never existed. But alas, perhaps we could have had, but now never will have, SimArby’s. </3

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Twitter: @itstheshadsy)

Website: obscuritory.com)

The Video Game History Hour music is Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)