Whatever Microsoft is charging for its “Let’s balance the federal budget!” game that the government has requested…
…I’m pretty sure that I can bring it in for less. I even have a script already planned out:
> YOU ARE IN A ROOM WITH MONEY.
>fill pouch with money
>THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO FILL YOUR POUCH.
>fill pouch with money
>THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO FILL YOUR POUCH.
>fill pouch
>FILL POUCH WITH WHAT?
> money
>THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO FILL YOUR POUCH.
>fill pouch with money
>A HORDE OF ORCS APPEARS AND BEATS YOU WITH STICKS UNTIL YOU FALL UNCONSCIOUS. WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU ARE IN A ROOM WITH MONEY.
>(wait)
>YOU ARE IN A ROOM WITH MONEY.
>examine pouch
>THE POUCH IS MAGICAL. IT CAN BE MADE BIGGER OR SMALLER.
>make pouch smaller
>THE POUCH IS NOW ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE MONEY.
>fill pouch with money
>YOU FILL THE POUCH WITH MONEY.
>YOU HAVE WON!!!!!
>PLAY AGAIN (Y/N)?
Needs more Drow in chain mail, but you get the drift.
I suspect that, much as SimCity was always about building light rail, this will always be about raising taxes.
And that every time you cut spending, you’ll be met with a series of photos from the Great Depression and the Somali famine.