From videogame to day job: How ‘SimCity’ inspired a generation of city planners


Jason Baker was studying political science at UC Davis when he got his hands on SimCity. He took a careful approach to the computer game. 

"I was not one of the players who enjoyed Godzilla running through your city and destroying it. I enjoyed making my city run well." 

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