Max has loved video games ever since he booted up his friend's N64 and played Mario Kart. He quickly spent all his allowance on any game he could get his hands on, and spent hours playing a dusty PS2.

Jason Baker was studying political science at UC Davis when he got his hands on “SimCity.” He took a careful approach to the computer game. “I was not one of the players who enjoyed Godzilla running ...

While not an outright city building sim, it still was very much about finding the optimal solutions for various needs for the cities in the game, by sizing transport services just right. It certainly ...

From the early days of SimCity’s single pollution meter to Cities: Skylines’ complex environmental policies, city-building games have become powerful tools for teaching sustainability. Players now ...

There is something truly gratifying about starting from scratch and building something up successfully. These city building games are built upon that idea. Start with a small home or building and ...

The famed SimCity game series got a long-awaited and highly-anticipated reboot this week, but many expectant players have had to put their virtual city-building dreams on hold. Subscribe to read this ...

Village-building sims often open in a familiar way: They task you with gathering resources to craft and build structures. This is why I told my villagers to harvest Onbu’s spike, which yielded 30 ...

It’s been about 18 years since I last played “SimCity,” but I look back on my time with the series with many fond memories. “SimCity” is an open-ended city-building game series designed by one of the ...

City building games are unique in that they offer two contrasting experiences depending on what you're looking for. You could easily spend hours constructing the perfect city in a state of pure ...

From what I've played so far, the greatest achievement of Metropolis 1998, aside from its absolutely gorgeous retro visuals, is how it combines both macro and microcosmic city-builder mechanics. If ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=29919527#p29919527:hrutq7g4 said: Cervus[/url]":hrutq7g4]I'd like a city building game that also has tech ...

James Austin (he/him) is a writer from the most haunted state in the U.S., Maine. When he's not ranking things for Dualshockers, he enjoys playing and designing tabletop RPGs. Or is it about carefully ...