Microsoft accurately simulates abject boredom
Posted by Matthew on Tuesday November 12, 2002 @06:55PM
from the why-we-don't-need-virtual-reality dept.
Matthew writes: Reviews of Microsoft Train Simulator report that the simulation is stunningly realistic: It’s every bit as boring as real trains.
Earnest Morrow, an engineer on the BNSF line who frequently travels the actual Marias Pass in Montana, confirmed the stunning accuracy of of the Simulation: “Yep. That’s the Marias Pass all right.”
When pressed for details, Mr. Morrow elaborated: “Why in tarnation would anyone bother to make this thing? It’s not as if you’re going to learn to steal a train and run it into a building.”
A Microsoft spokesman confirmed upcoming titles from the company’s famed simulation series: Strip Mine Simulator, Oil Tanker Simulator, and Blast Furnace Simulator.
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A couple of months ago I was trying to help a neighbor install Microsoft Train Simulator. The thing wanted something like 2 GB of free disk space and a massively powerful 3D graphics card to work at all. With all of that, it ought to be able to mimic the subway scene from the end of “Speed”…
Comment by Squid — November 12, 2002 @ 8:46 pm
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You'll want to be carefull using the words Microsoft and Speed together. Come to think of it, Micro shouldn't really be there either. And as for the soft part, I think 'flakey' would be more appropriate.
Comment by Furious Farquad — November 15, 2002 @ 12:10 pm
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Hey, they could do a cruise ship simulator next, to mimic Speed II: Slow.
Comment by Matthew — November 15, 2002 @ 5:26 pm
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Maybe evenHolland America, eh?
Comment by haywood jahelpme — November 15, 2002 @ 7:34 pm
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Soft=flakey? Nah… I'd go with flaccid.
Comment by Anonymous Loser — January 3, 2003 @ 2:52 pm