SimWork

It's growing apparent that the experience at the duller end of the Sim-games market is slowly converging with that of a tedious real-life job. This holds obvious potential for the advancement of Evil in the world.

There will be a game called SimWebMaster, in which players must manage a web server and deal with all the usual problems which plague webmasters and webmistresses. It will be a real-time multi-player simulation, as is increasingly the trend with games. The game server will select the better and more obsessive players and hook them up to servers at client companies which are seeking free labour -- the game will wrap a set of administrative tools for a real server somewhere and award players points based on performance.

Later (I prophesy) SimBurgerFlipper will arrive, and it shall be a virtual reality booth in which the player, wearing a candy-striped 'VR suit' and a pointed, paper 'VR helmet', will take 'simulated' fast-food drive-through orders and fill them as speedily as possible, anxiously eyeing both their point totals and their supply of condiments. Talented players will receive free sessions and upgrades to add-on packages like 'SimTacoStandCashier' and 'SimTextileWorker'.