Video Games (business, investment, management,…)

christine said:

I actually thought warcraft was a game that taught me a life skill. I was absolutely crap at it as I played it more like Sim City rather than a war game (“look at my neat farms” etc), but it did teach me to keep calm and not panic even when things are going haywire (e.g. orcs pillaging my carefully built villages). It was valuable as I’d previously go to pieces at the first sign of crisis, but now in a crisis I try and salvage what I can (which is an improvement!)

Warcraft?? Nice! For some reasons, having the image of Christine playing Warcraft is a bit…. interesting. 🙂 

Sophie said:

i LOVE Theme Hospital! Never got pass Level 6 or 7 though 🙂

Ah, were you having any problem with the level where it gave you only three consultants at the beginning, and then all the new recruits were juniors? To make things worse, you need to invest a lot in several new diagnosis rooms until you could successfully train newly qualified surgeons, shrinks, and R&D people. Yep, that level was one huge pain in the ass. Despite all the wackiness, Theme Hospital is indeed great game to practice your management skill.

For those who never played Theme Hospital before, consider this: Some of these cures for these diseases: you get your tongue sliced off, your head popped, your jelly body poured into a new skeleton, and your own self electrified just to get rid of excess hair… and you pay for these whack-o treatments. Jesus, are these even real doctors???
>:)

artyeasel said:

Pharaoh. It wasn’t a super popular game, but I loved it.

Anything that is sim-city based teaches a lot about business and how to survive in a set ecosystem.

I’ve heard about Pharaoh, but never tried it. I’ll check it once I have the chance. Yes, I agree that Sim City is really one great game in practical city management, indeed. :p