Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Airport Tycooning

It seems like they have simulation games for everything. I was thinking about the good ol' days this past week and I remember that my debate partner in high school had an awesome game on his computer where you built and managed an airport Sim City-style. I must get my hands on this game, me thinks - mostly because Fligh Sim X is too powerful to run on my laptop.

I went over to the local electronics and electronics accessory store and failed, but alas, that's why we have that little thing called the Internets. And, behold, the object of my soon to be obsession:
Look at these screenshots. I'll have more to say after I actually play the game. I was too young and innocent and relatively uninterested in airports or simulations when I was first introduced to this game. But, as somewhat of a simulation expert now, I will be sure to offer my cunning and stellar commentary after I perform some market research.

Of course, one of the potential pitfalls of this discovery is that I will soon start simulating every aspect of my life. Maybe somebody out there has come up with "Night Owls Hockey 2009: Crosschecking for Life" or "Seinfeld Marathoning: Not that there's anything wrong with that" or "P&C: Sound Basic Education With a Vengeance."

6 comments:

Dave Beals said...

ok this may be off the current topic of this post.... but i ahve been intrigued by a particular plane i saw in the airspace around Albany International (i get a kick out of the International part. its was prop driven plane, two engines, and it appeared to be flying backwards. name the make and model.

Sparticus said...

i'm not sure about the backwards flying, but i think you may have been getting a glimpse of this little guy:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/2329712665_c548fc31f0.jpg?v=0

He's fairly popular at ALB, US Air uses the Dehavilland Dash 8 on hops to Pittsburgh and Philly

Or, it could have been this cute little thing, operated by Continental, but not sure if they fly it into ALB yet...
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_QGDm_0UXbys/Rzu_DeG3A7I/AAAAAAAAFUY/R-9BociH8Mw/DSC07766.JPG

Dave Beals said...

believe it or not... i think it was a Piaggio P180 Avanti.

Dave Beals said...

check out this picture and you can see why i thought it was 'flying backwards'...

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Piaggio-P-180-Avanti/1276857&tbl=photo_info&photo_nr=1&sok=keyword_%28%5C%27%2B%5C%22Piaggio%5C%22_%2B%5C%22P180%5C%22_%2B%5C%22Avanti%5C%22%5C%27_IN_BOOLEAN_MODE%29%29_&sort=_order_by_photo_id_DESC_&prev_id=&next_id=0985500

Dave Beals said...

here's a better link...
URL (link) to this photo: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Piaggio-P-180-Avanti/1276857/L/

Sparticus said...

that plane looks like a catfish with all that stuff on its nose