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From Boy Reporter Ron Nurwisah: Remember Sim City, the wildly popular game that let you be your own Robert Moses (or Jane Jacobs), constructing cities, mapping out highways, waterworks, public transit and other amenities? The gamers were onto something. An article in the Boston Globe (registration required, or use this site to get around it)Continue readinghttp://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2005/08/06/1123337598_9538.jpg