simnewb

Parents don't make legal disclaimers, which is what I should have explained, they always reminded me that it's just a game. If I started spouting political opinions and justified them with "but that is what happens in Sims when you have that policy", they would have further reinforced that games mechanics should not influence your life decisions. Your explanation is overly pedantic and not a charitable interpretation. It's not appropriate to base political opinions based on a black box game.

This seems more like a failure in parenting, it was always made clear to me that games and television do not reflect reality and should not be emulated. At what age did you realize Simcity was just a game and that you should not treat it as an actual predication or model of reality?