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Virtual-U (SimUniversity) Now Available

Posted by chrisd on from the hope-it-can-simulate-my-last-3-credits dept.

Ben Sawyer writes "The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Virtual U project recently shipped a new version our university simulator. This software simulation game, available at www.virtual-u.org lets you play as president of a U.S. university. You choose how faculty spend time, allocate funds, and decide if you should give special admission to athletes. Version 2.0 improves the model, and adds new features. The product is supported through a grant by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The product runs on Windows 2000/XP/9X/ME. The software is being used by a number of university education programs, and is part of an overall project to improve thinking about how universities are managed." No word on if virtual-u features a "BSA attack" scenario.

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  1. Windows only by benh57 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Slashdot posting PR for closed-source windows-only games? This is truly a a new low. There are tons of open source graphics packages and frameworks they could have used.

  2. Mo' Money... by PhunkyOne · · Score: 0, Troll

    What the heck. I typed in Rosebud and I typed in Klapacius and no extra money? Is the cheat broken or something :) Does anyone have a link to this cheat? Oh yeah and the one to tone down the overbearing Public Safety dept :)