Virtual debates about homelessness in Sim City hold up a mirror to real life
A new art book, How to get rid of homeless, collects the virtual pleas for help from Sim City players, and rips them out of context to pose disturbing quetions about our attitude to homeless people. Matteo Bittani’s “How to get rid of homeless” collects dozens of forum threads debating and discussing the homelessness that occurs in the game, highlighting the uneasy similarities between the players’ discussion of virtual homelessness and real-world conversation about the same topic.
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