Under the Radar: The Sabotage of SimCopter | Retrohistories
1,002This is the story of a 'bug' in Maxis’s 1996 open world game SimCopter that wasn't what it appeared to be, and how it was intertwined with the origin story of one of the world’s most infamous pranksters.
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MEDIA SOURCES:
EA Sim City 2000 Will Wright Interview
uploaded by 10tfee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcgV4YolDkg
How to become a yes man | The Yes Men | TEDxCalArts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkOCUdvK8-U
Art and Money Online Symposium video recordings, 2001
https://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/art-and-money-online-symposium
Landmark College presents The Yes Men, 'Making Meaningful Mischief' 3/28/16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M7vcX3xas8
The Yes Men Fix the World's Andy Bichlbaum on How The Yes Men Got Started
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6fay3RNXI8
Interview with Jacques Servin
https://libcom.org/history/interview-jacques-servin
Share the Safety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvnyFPKX8-A
MUSIC:
"Est ce que ça vous plait ?"
"Don Salluste à Buckingham"
"Masterbrain"
by Mr Juan
all CC-BY
https://www.jamendo.com/artist/426938/mrjuan
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