University of Colorado student Devin Monnens sometimes sends around thoughts by email about topics of interest to a few of us. Recently he brought up New York Defender. In a part of that discussion, Josh Fishburn asked if you could conjure a terrorist attack in new versions of Sim City. There are aliens and monsters, but as far as I know, there are no terrorist attacks available. It would be an interesting addition both from a cultural and a planning perspective; one of the things I talk about in Persuasive Games is how government emergency response simulations fail to take into account cultural forces like race, assuming that everyone will automatically be treated equally. I wonder if it would be possible to add terrorist attacks to Sim City or a game like it without drawing the usual cries of trivialization.