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Tropico

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Tropico is a construction and management simulation video game developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001. [1]

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Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is a non-profit organization of industry professionals, which organize the annual D.I.C.E. ("Design Innovate Communicate Entertain") Summit which includes the presentations of the D.I.C.E. Awards.

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Augusto Pinochet

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general, politician and the dictator of Chile between 1973 and 1990 who remained the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army until 1998 and was also President of the Government Junta of Chile between 1973 and 1981.

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Authoritarianism

Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms.

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Banana republic

In political science, the term banana republic describes a politically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the exportation of a limited-resource product, e.g. bananas, minerals, etc.

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Banking in Switzerland

Banking in Switzerland began in the early 18th century through Switzerland's merchant trade and has, over the centuries, grown into a complex, regulated, and international industry.

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Birth control

Birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, is a method or device used to prevent pregnancy.

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Book burning

Book burning is the ritual destruction by fire of books or other written materials, usually carried out in a public context.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (България, tr.), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, tr.), is a country in southeastern Europe.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967)The date of birth recorded on was June 14, 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted by Jon Lee Anderson), asserts that he was actually born on May 14 of that year.

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Civilization III

Sid Meier's Civilization III is the third installment of the Sid Meier's Civilization turn-based strategy video game series.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Computer Games Magazine

Computer Games Magazine was a computer gaming print magazine, founded in 1988 as the United Kingdom publication Games International.

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Computer Gaming World

Computer Gaming World (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006.

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Construction and management simulation

Construction and management simulation (CMS) is a type of simulation game in which players build, expand or manage fictional communities or projects with limited resources.

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Coup d'état

A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is a type of revolution, where the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus occurs.

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Courage

Courage (also called bravery or valour) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation.

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Edict

An edict is a decree or announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism, but it can be under any official authority.

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Electoral fraud

Electoral fraud, election manipulation, or vote rigging is illegal interference with the process of an election, whether by increasing the vote share of the favored candidate, depressing the vote share of the rival candidates, or both.

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EP Daily

EP Daily (formerly The Electric Playground) was a daily news television show that covers video games, movies, TV shows, comic books, collectibles and gadgets.

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Etherlords

Etherlords (Демиурги) is a fantasy turn-based strategy and card-dueling series for the PC, by Russian developer Nival Interactive.

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Feral Interactive

Feral Interactive is a video games publisher for macOS and Linux platforms.

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Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008.

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Frog City Software

Frog City Software, Inc. was an American video game developer based in San Francisco, California.

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Gamasutra

Gamasutra is a website founded in 1997 that focuses on all aspects of video game development.

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Game Informer

Game Informer (GI) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles.

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GameSpot

GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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Gathering of Developers

Gathering of Developers, Inc. (also referred to as G.O.D., GodGames and Gathering) was an American video game publisher based in New York City.

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Geoff Keighley

Geoff Keighley (born June 24, 1979) is a Canadian video game journalist and television presenter.

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GOG.com

GOG.com (formerly Good Old Games) is a digital distribution platform for video games and films.

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Haemimont Games

Haemimont Games is a Bulgarian video game developer founded in September 1997 and based in Sofia.

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Inquisition

The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat public heresy committed by baptized Christians.

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Intellectual property

Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, and primarily encompasses copyrights, patents, and trademarks.

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Island country

An island country is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands.

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Kalypso Media

Kalypso Media GmbH, commonly referred to as just Kalypso, is a German video game developer and publisher.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.

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Leadership

Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.

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Limbic Entertainment

Limbic Entertainment is a German game development company founded in 2002 and based in Langen.

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Lou Bega

Lou Bega (born David Lubega on 13 April 1975) is a German mambo musician.

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MacOS

macOS (previously and later) is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.

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MacSoft

MacSoft was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1993 by Peter Tamte as subsidiary of WizardWorks, specializing in the production of video game ports from Microsoft Windows to Macintosh operating systems, as well as productivity software.

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Mambo No. 5

"Mambo No.

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Martial law

Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civilian functions of government, especially in response to a temporary emergency such as invasion or major disaster, or in an occupied territory. Martial law can be used by governments to enforce their rule over the public.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

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Next Generation (magazine)

Next Generation (also known as NextGen) was a video game magazine that was published by Imagine Media (now Future Network USA).

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PC Gamer

PC Gamer is a magazine founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc.

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PopTop Software

PopTop Software, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Fenton, Missouri.

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Prohibition

Prohibition is the illegality of the manufacturing, storage in barrels or bottles, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol including alcoholic beverages, or a period of time during which such illegality was enforced.

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Propaganda

Propaganda is information that is not objective and is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is presented.

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Rock, Paper, Shotgun (also known as RPS) is a UK-based blog operated by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Ltd and authored by Alec Meer, Jim Rossignol, Adam Smith, John Walker, and formerly also Kieron Gillen and Quintin Smith.

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Scenario

In the performing arts, a scenario (from Italian: that which is pinned to the scenery; pronounced) is a synoptical collage of an event or series of actions and events.

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Semi-democracy

The term semi-democracy is used to refer to a state that shares both democratic and authoritarian features.

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Single-player video game

A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Steam (software)

Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation, which offers digital rights management (DRM), multiplayer gaming, video streaming and social networking services.

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Superpower

Superpower is a term used to describe a state with a dominant position, which is characterised by its extensive ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale.

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Take-Two Interactive

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in New York City.

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Totalitarianism

Benito Mussolini Totalitarianism is a political concept where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to control every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.

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Tropico

Tropico is a construction and management simulation video game developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001.

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Tropico 2: Pirate Cove

Tropico 2: Pirate Cove is a 2003 city-building game developed by Frog City Software and PopTop Software, and published by Gathering of Developers.

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Tropico 3

Tropico 3 is a video game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media.

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Tropico 4

Tropico 4 is a Simulator video game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media.

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Tropico 5

Tropico 5 is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Haemimont Games.

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United Fruit Company

The United Fruit Company was an American corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas), grown on Central and South American plantations, and sold in the United States and Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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X-Play

X-Play (previously GameSpot TV and Extended Play) is a TV program about video games that ran between July 4, 1998, and January 23, 2013.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropico

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