There are those careful, obsessive builders (like my junior-high self) who disabled disasters, when possible, in our SimUtopias. Then there are those diabolical builders (like my high-school self) who ...

Imagine if a hurricane, tornado and tsunami crashed into a city, one right after another. This week has been sort of like that for the new city-building PC game "SimCity." And things only seem to be ...

A beta for SimCity is coming next weekend, and Maxis is accepting sign-ups for it now. It will feature a "one hour slice" of the game.

One of the most contentious issues surrounding SimCity is the constant internet connection (second only to the noticeable lack of King Kong natural disaster button). The latest trailer from Maxis goes ...