Playing computer games is for everyone. Here is my take at four computer games relevant to mining.

Before we look at the games, let me state emphatically my basic beliefs re computer games and mining.

• I think it a waste of money to develop glossy brochures to hand out to students in order to encourage them to become miners.
• I believe it would be better to spend money developing computer games involving mining and in supporting youth groups playing these games competitively.

Maybe here is an opportunity for some benevolent mining company to sponsor a youth group to try out new mine development strategies. Any profit can be converted to US dollars and be sent to folk who live around closed mines. And the mining company can apply the strategy in real time.

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