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"Reality": A Video-Game Review

The New Yorker

Elon Musk is pretty sure that we're in some sort of simulation. Musk explained that, given the advances we've made in computer graphics and virtual reality in just a few decades, it's almost definite that there's a more advanced civilization playing or monitoring us like characters, in a game world that is "indistinguishable from reality." Big Bang Games and God Studios have teamed up once again for the latest iteration of "Reality"--the four hundred and sixty-seventh release in the popular series--dropping gamers into a simulation of the planet Earth in the year 2016 A.D. Players who found earlier versions to be lacking in drama will be pleased that the new "Reality" finds humanity on the cusp of complete antibiotic resistance and irreversible climate change. Here are the key takeaways. In-game tasks vary greatly depending on geographical location.