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Globalization depends on an informed and educated citizenry.

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Sun May 08 2005

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When talking and writing about simulations, one fun technique is to take a famous quote and change it just a bit. Here are some:

I made a perfect simulation about growing a company. The only problem is that it takes twenty-five years to play.

- With apologies to Steven Wright

An inexperienced learner is thrown by frustration, but a good learner uses it.

- With apologies to the late actor Carroll O'Conner

High production values that restrict immersion I wouldn't give a fig for. High production values that open up immersion I would give my career for.

- With apologies to Oliver Wendell Holmes

The genre is the content.

- With apologies to Marshall McLuhan

Globalization depends on an informed and educated citizenry.

- With apologies to Thomas Jefferson

Teach someone a computer game; and you have engaged him for today. Teach someone a computer game genre and you have engaged him for a lifetime.

- With apologies to the old Chinese proverb

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