Perfect Worlds
How Many Times Have I Died?
I have one task. One function, one ability. I can drive forward. That’s it.
I’m Going to Hell Because I Played SimCity Like an Asshole
As a kid, would build SimCity metropolises with the same goal that most children make sandcastles: to destroy them.
How Solitaire Inspired the World’s Most Useful Simulation Tool
A brief history of the Monte Carlo method.
The 4Chan of ‘The Sims’
I was a cyberbully in a community for “The Sims,” and I feel really, really bad about it.
Step Into the Motherboard Simulation Vault
We dug through our archives to find the best simulations videos from Motherboard past.
The Dystopian Future of Holographic Protests
The first holographic protest might have seemed like a clever way around protest restrictions, but it was really meant to be ironic.
I Stared Into the Void at a Secret Light Show in Las Vegas
It’s the only piece of art I’ve ever had to sign a liability waiver to view.
I Spent 7 Years (and My Soul) to Get Half Decent at a Baseball Simulator
I’d been handed my own digital Field of Dreams; instead of clearing out a cornfield, all I had to do was click my dumb trackpad.
Every Catastrophe Ever Devised Has Happened on This Fake Pacific Island
Tsunamis, cyclones, mudslides, pandemics, mining disasters, rebel uprisings, and volcanic eruptions—Krizo has seen it all.
'Dark Sky' is the Open Source Dark Matter Simulator
Dark Sky provides a statistical model that can be compared against empirical observations of our universe.
The Challenge of Recreating Earth
If humanity is ever going to expand beyond Earth, we’ll need to figure SimEarth out.
A Q&A with Virtual Reality Pioneer Jacki Morie
The founder of All These Worlds talks to us about teledildonics, hype, Mark Zuckerberg, and VR's killer app.