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From: kwinkler@pbs.org (Ken Winkler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Balance of Power 1990 Help wanted
Message-ID: <1990Dec17.144053.11051@pbs.org>
Date: 17 Dec 90 19:40:52 GMT
References: <1990Dec12.150403.16514@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Dec12.174826.9675@cs.umn.edu>
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In article <1990Dec12.174826.9675@cs.umn.edu>, thornley@cs.umn.edu (David H. Thornley) writes:

> Caveat:  When I play, I start WWIII a lot.  So you might not want to
> listen to me.

You know, I've had the older version of that game for awhile now, and I had to 
give it up.  If you blow up the world, you lose.  If the COMPUTER blows up the
world, YOU lose.  You either give in, or you lose.  The philosophical implica-
tions of this game on world politics are just tooooo depressing. 


							----Ken


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