To my knowledge, my paper “Are You a Sim”:http://brian.weatherson.org/sims.pdf was the first paper in an academic philosophy journal to cite a computer game. So you’d think that game would develop a healthy respect for philosophy. Sadly, no, though they seem to have a well developed disrespect.

Via “David Chess”:http://www.davidchess.com/words/log.20050812.html#20050815, here are the list of courses in the philosophy major for the “Sims 2: University expansion”:http://www.simplisticsims.co.uk/tutorials/classcat.html#philosophy.

bq. What is the Meaning of This?!
The Refrigerator Light: Proof vs. Faith
Old Dead Guys who Thought Stuff
Optimists and Other Idiots
Philosophy’s Place in the Neighborhood: Anywhere?
Existentialism: Depressing Yourself on Purpose
Who Controls the Pie Menu and Why?
Senior Project: Preparing For The Food Industry

And the preferred career paths for philosophy majors

# Slacker
# Culinary
# Paranormal

Those with better knowledge of my work habits, cooking skills and connection to entities without good scientific explanation (Red Sox, Aust cricket team etc) can say which I’ve ended up in.