2024-12-22T02:36:26-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149966152/level-up-using-video-games-to-unlock-the-city Nicholas Korody 2016-09-02T12:02:00-04:00 >2016-09-05T22:06:54-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cg/cg1yqyi937gtcrv4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>From <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/153349/monopoly" target="_blank">Monopoly</a> to <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/263326/simcity" target="_blank">SimCity</a>, games can foster a special sort of engagement with an urban environment, helping us hash out and represent the complex socioeconomic and political forces that determine its morphology. It&rsquo;s no surprise, then, that architects employ games to work out and convey new ideas, or that game designers look to the city for inspiration.</p>