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It would be good to watch managers, CEOs, CTOs or other higher management playing Factorio. I would pay for a Twitch/Youtube stream with Elon, Bezos, Mark, Nade
by NKosmatos 6y ago
It would be good to watch managers, CEOs, CTOs or other higher management playing Factorio. I would pay for a Twitch/Youtube stream with Elon, Bezos, Mark, Nadella, Gates and other "famous" people to see how they play such games.
On a second thought, that would make a good documentary/interview, seeing how high profile managers and engineers handle similar games, what they enjoy in their spare time :-)
- hirundo 6y agoSince Musk and Bezos are actually building rockets I'd think they'd find a simulation to be less fun in comparison. But maybe they'd enjoy it the way a chess grandmaster enjoys playing blitz as relaxation during a break in a tournament game.
- slimginz 6y agoMusk has joked in the past in some Reddit AMAs that he models all his rockets in Kerbal Space Program first so who knows.
- simonebrunozzi 6y agoMusk is already playing a game; it's called "the simulation", and we're all in it. I'm not joking; according to him, we are most likely in a simulation. [0] [0]: https://www.space.com/41749-elon-musk-living-in-simulation-rogan-podcast.html https://www.space.com/41749-elon-musk-living-in-simulation-r...
- nikanj 6y agoMusk would load a factory built by someone else, then sue his way into owning it (re: https://meaww.com/elon-musk-tesla-cofounder-lawsuit-settlement-original-founded-martin-eberhard-origin-story-tesla https://meaww.com/elon-musk-tesla-cofounder-lawsuit-settleme... )
- loco5niner 6y agoFYI - Web of Trust marks that site as potentially harmful...
- OMGWTF 6y agoSearch for `web of trust leak`.
- nabilhat 6y agoIt would be a game changer for anyone involved with manufacturing layout for solid objects at any level of business. I've personally used my own perspective from playing Factorio to influence real world factory design. It's a great way to strengthen intuition that complements knowledge and theory.
- DonHopkins 6y agoPhil Salvador wrote an article about the long lost SimRefinery by Maxis Business Simulations, and somebody who read it was able to dig up a floppy disk with the original game! When SimCity got serious: the story of Maxis Business Simulations and SimRefinery https://obscuritory.com/sim/when-simcity-got-serious/ https://obscuritory.com/sim/when-simcity-got-serious/ SimRefinery recovered https://obscuritory.com/sim/simrefinery-recovered/ https://obscuritory.com/sim/simrefinery-recovered/ A close look at SimRefinery https://obscuritory.com/sim/simrefinery-analysis/ https://obscuritory.com/sim/simrefinery-analysis/ The sprawling, must-read history of Maxis’ former “serious games” division https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/05/the-sprawling-must-read-history-of-maxis-former-serious-games-division/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/05/the-sprawling-must-re... A lost Maxis “Sim” game has been discovered by an Ars reader [Updated] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/06/a-lost-maxis-sim-game-has-been-discovered-by-an-ars-reader-uploaded-for-all/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/06/a-lost-maxis-sim-game... SimRefinery EXISTS! Let's play it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ6Cqn5rTfs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ6Cqn5rTfs
- hypnotist 6y agoAt least Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke plays Factorio, Starcraft etc.
- lreeves 6y agoShopify employees can even expense Factorio :-)
- simonebrunozzi 6y agoThat's super cool.
- DonHopkins 6y agoI've seriously thought of using Factorio for programmer job interviews, as a way to really get inside of somebody's head and see how they solve problems.
- NKosmatos 6y agoWow that would be cool. Playing a similar game or an RTS to see how the candidate would perform.
- AdamGibbins 6y agoI'm not spending 20-30 hours on your interview ;)
- mLuby 6y agoTheir skill is attracting and utilizing the best Factorio players, not being any good at Factorio itself.