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SimCity: The City Simulator

December 29, 2011June 12, 2015 Dan Epp 0 Comments 1989, amiga, Atari ST, city building, commodore 64, electronic arts, future city, ibm, maxis software, pc, sim city the city simulator, SimCity, Super Nintendo, the Sims

In SimCity, players had to construct an entire metropolis starting from nothing but a bulldozer and random terrain. Along the way to full city status sims begin to populate your city and make demands. They may need more housing or shopping centers; perhaps crime is rampant and a police station is needed; maybe frequent brown outs are creating a demand for a new power station; perhaps your sims are bored and want a stadium…and so on. Meanwhile, the city needed just the right level of taxes to encourage growth, yet still pay for all those fire and police stations.

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The Interview: Nelson Gonzalez

March 22, 2011April 1, 2014 J.A. Laraque 3 Comments Aces over Europe/Pacific, alex aguila, alienware, Alone in the Dark, area 51, Arthur Lewis, aurora, bidden Planet, boutique pc, civilization, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars, COD Series, custom pc, dawn of war, dc universe online, DCUO, dell, Doom, Duke Nukem, Falcon, gamer pc’s, gary whitta, Gran Turismo, heavenly sword, hector penton, J.A. Laraque, Lost in Space and of course, mech warrior, Medal of Honor Series, michael dell, Might and Magic Series, Myst, Nelson gonzalez, obsolete gamer, Origin PC, Outer Limits, Pirates, Privateer, quake, Red Baron, rek, SimCity, Star Wars TIE/XWing, Star Wars: The Old Republic, The Day the Earth Stood Still (original), The Invaders, The Time Tunnel, the X Files, Twilight Zone, UFO, unreal tournament, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, warhammer 40k, Wing Commander Series, x-com, XT 286

I was with a friend of mine (who happens to be Hector Penton’s brother) in my kitchen one day and I pitched him the idea of custom building PC’s for gamers like us. I asked him what he felt about the name Alienware and he said it sounded pretty cool. At that point it just felt right. I immediately called Alex and asked him if he would join me in this new adventure. I told him that he needed to quit his job, give me like $5K and come to work immediately. To his credit he said yes without hesitation.