Not a half-step away from yesterday's Dwarf Fortress mega-construction — but somehow with a much darker core — TheImperar's over-meticulously constructed Sim City 3000 island paradise/hell is "inspired by the wheel of life and death" and supports an apparently unheard-of six million+ population ("more residents than Hong Kong", notes Julian Dibbell).
Watching the work that went into the magnum opus feels a bit like wandering into the hastily-abandoned studio apartment of an evil genius, or, worse, having your eyelids propped open and being forced to behold his magnificent wonder.
Anyway, it's the most drama you'll see squeezed from a pile of skyscrapers and ideally-placed libraries all week, probably. [via RockPaperShotgun, via Julian Dibbell]
