A middle schooler reviews the top three city building games on the market in 2019.
The middle-school author reviews his top three picks for urban building games:
- SimCity
- Cities Skylines
- Minecraft
"Video games don't have to be the stereotypically addicting games that fry your brain. Many can actually teach us very valuable lessons, including how to build and plan cities, such as these ones. As we head into the digital age, technology will become increasingly abundant and will be used for many tasks that we might think of as impossible today."
FULL STORY: Top 3 Urban City Building Games in 2019
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This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
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