Chaim Gingold
@cgingold
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Author of Building SimCity (https://t.co/bT4uSkp6eY); Made @EarthPrimer, designed Spore Creature Creator; PhD from @UCSC.
Oakland
Joined December 2010
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Brief book report: BUILDING SIM CITY: How to Put the World in a Machine, by Chaim Gingold, is an exhilarating read. It is one of the best origin stories ever told and the best account I've seen of how innovation actually occurs in computerdom. 🧵.
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RT @CGates123: A little less than a year ago, I began working on something I felt was truly unique. Today it launches🧵 .
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RT @michaelgarfield: Our world is defined by emergent properties that can only be explored through simulation, yet the modern era hasn't in….
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RT @mynameisceline: for the @LAReviewofBooks, I wrote about @cgingold's Building SimCity (a remarkable work of software history!), videogam….
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RT @retronauts: Live on the free feed: @ubersaurus and author @cgingold get into the nitty gritty of SimCity. https….
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Tomorrow: BUILDING SIMCITY chat with Will Wright!.Some cellular automata for you: Langton Loops.
📢 THIS FRIDAY: @cgingold and THE Will Wright (@StupidFunWill) will be chatting the new book BUILDING SIMCITY: How to Put the World in a Machine. LIVE on TWITCH July 19 @ 2PM ET. 🎟️RSVP Now!
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Had fun talking with @arbesman about Maxis, SimCity, and the history of computing on this podcast!.
How did Cold War nuclear game theory developed at MIT in the 1950s and 1960s ultimately transform video games in the 1980s and 1990s? It’s the story of SimCity, inspired by 📖 “Building SimCity: How to Put the World in a Machine” 🧵
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RT @Lux_Capital: How did Cold War nuclear game theory developed at MIT in the 1950s and 1960s ultimately transform video games in the 1980s….
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Another SimCity tidbit from my new book, BUILDING SIMCITY! 🙏 Jeff Braun for saving and sharing so many wonderful photos, including this one of you, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Will Wright.
In 1989, a Nintendo bigwig licensed SimCity on the spot by sliding a million dollar check across the table.
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RT @TimSweeneyEpic: @karpathy Angels, aliens, videogames, neural networks…these ideas are reflections of the machinations of our times.
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RT @iquilezles: Developed some new and fun blending modes for #projectneo, like the avoidance and repulsion seen here: .
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RT @stewartbrand: Brief book report: BUILDING SIM CITY: How to Put the World in a Machine, by Chaim Gingold, is an exhilarating read. It….
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I thought it would be fun to turn the tables and give Will Wright a chance to interview someone else: me (!), about Building SimCity.☺️.
🗓️ Mark your calendars!🗓️Next month, ROMchip is hosting @cgingold and Will Wright for a discussion of Gingold's new book 🏙️ BUILDING SIMCITY 🏙️. Event will broadcast live on Twitch Friday, July 19 @ 2PM EST. Grab your tix here:
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RT @ROMchip_Journal: 🗓️ Mark your calendars!🗓️Next month, ROMchip is hosting @cgingold and Will Wright for a discussion of Gingold's new bo….
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RT @markdeloura: I can't wait to read this book on SimCity from Chaim! It sounds like a loving tribute to the game, its engineering, its hi….
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