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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by sgtnoodle on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @11:20AM (#31505818)
I'm pretty sure they're using SimCity as a trademark-turned-common name like Kleenex, band-aid, etc.
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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by a1369209993 on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:03PM (#31509056)
The techinical term is "genericised trademark" IIRC. Same goes for "Civilization" upthread, and for things like "Tetris" or (edit: to the extent trademark offices are corrupt enough to register it in the first place) "Chess".
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