By definition a computer simulation attempts to simulate a process or situation. Anything that attempts this is a sim.
Most people think a sim is a serious entity (I used to), but that is incorrect. What those people are (I was) actually arguing is how successful the sim is in its realism and accuracy or even immersion, not whether it is a sim or not.
The correct definition of a computer simulation makes it harder to differentiate sims like CoD and A-10 vs WoP and other game-like sims (even The Sims is a sim) that are less serious in their modelling etc., but it is the correct definition.
As long as they attempt to simulate they are sims. But we all know that there is a vast differences within that definition.
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09-03-2011, 02:37 PM
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