The latest title to get the treatment is The Sims, a massively popular life simulation title that first debuted all the way back in 2000.

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The real-life characteristics of the simulation extend to him moaning and opening and closing his eyes.

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The Super Bowl XLVI simulation was conducted utilizing artificial intelligence powered by real-life data from each team to determine player ratings, and includes variances, such as injuries, to predict the outcome.

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Talks are said to have begun with Linden Labs to make the entire simulation available on the internet through the company's virtual world Second Life.

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Similar to geologists evaluating how to produce a reservoir, the efficiency engineers use this comprehensive data to calibrate simulation models that predict the financial impact of a range of efficiency measures over the building life.

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Lovelle - the name of the fictional town in the simulation - was a replication of a town in France where the training exercise had been carried out in real life, said Col Law.

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