Real Lives 2004 - Living Other People's Normal Lives?

Posted by simoniker on Thursday April 15, 2004 @12:09AM from the born-for-the-seventh-time dept.

Thanks to USA Today for its article discussing an educational videogame which allows players to live the life of another person. The piece explains: "Real Lives 2004 starts by automatically generating a life based on current population and birth rate statistics", before explaining possible outcomes: "Our teen-testers were able to experience many different lives in just a few hours. One was a boy born into a poor family in Zhangzhou, China, who did not attend college or vocational school. As a mail clerk, our teen-tester faced decisions about gambling, alcohol and drinking... He found romance but had no children and he died at age 84 from cancer."

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Ahh the memories by hookedup · 2004-04-15 00:14 · Score: 4, Interesting

I remember playing something similar, although really archaic. It was a game in grade school in the late 80's on UNISYS machines called "A Day In The Life Of".

I cant really remember much about it other than going to the mall and hanging out, what a blast... Ahh i miss those days of the giant trackball..
Upload our lives. by subzerorz · 2004-04-15 02:59 · Score: 5, Interesting

Can you upload your own life and let it run a simulation to see how you will end up in life? This would be interesting to see when your 40, 60, or 80 years old.

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