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Sim City Inside The Sims - Russian Doll Effect?

Posted by simoniker on from the pong-inside-shen-mue-inside-sim-city-inside dept.

Ant writes "According to Wired News: 'It was bound to happen. First there was SimCity. Then there was The Sims. And then came a series of highly successful expansion packs like Hot Date, Livin' Large, House Party and others. Now comes a fan-made plug-in that allows Sims characters to effectively play SimCity inside The Sims. The Sims franchise has gone meta.'"

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  1. 13th Floor? by 00420 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hmmm... sort of like a low tech Thirteenth Floor

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  2. Re:The Ultimate Paradox by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 4, Informative
    You don't seem to understand what the word 'paradox' means. For instance, the Liar's Paradox is: "This sentence is false." You see how because of the self referencing the statement can neither be true nor false?

    Your statement does not even comse close to being a paradox.

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  3. Re:The Ultimate Paradox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Indeed. The parent is clearly describing recursion, not a paradox.

  4. Not that new by BobTheJanitor · · Score: 4, Informative

    LucasArts's Day of the Tentacle is the sequel to the classic Maniac Mansion, and if you go into Weird Ed's room (in Tentacle) and use his computer, you're presented with a 100% complete version of Maniac Mansion. So, Weird Ed plays Maniac Mansion on his computer.

    1. Re:Not that new by Bagels · · Score: 2, Informative

      And DK64 had the full original Donkey Kong in it (as well as Jet Pac). Best part of the game, IMHO.

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  5. Shenmue by Stormwatch · · Score: 5, Informative

    In Yu Suzuki's masterpieces Shenmue and Shenmue 2, hero Ryo Hazuki can play Yu Suzuki's early arcades: Hang On, Space Harrier, Out Run, and After Burner 2. Also, he can buy collectibles based on other Sega games, such as Sonic, NiGHTS, and 18 Wheeler.

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  6. Prior Art by planetsphinx · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm sure there was something even before my example here.. but in Day of the Tentacle you could play the prequal game, Maniac Mansion on a computer inside the game.

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