The experts who engineered the computer marvel call it urban simulation.

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Business-simulation games are available for everyone from managers to call-centre workers and have been used by companies from Coca-Cola to Shell.

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In addition, he said, war-simulation shooting games have become popular there, creating an inroad for the "Call of Duty" games.

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