Simcident Reports
Welcome to Simcident Report, where we take a look at noteworthy, dramatic, and historic events in flight simming. Read all Simcident Reports here.
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Simcident Report: Did Xbox Kill Flight Sim? The (First) Rise and Fall of Microsoft Flight Simulator
23.9.2024 – Welcome to the story of the (first) rise and fall of Microsoft Flight Simulator, and chronicle flight simulations fall from the crown jewel of Microsoft Gaming, to a mere afterthought in the wake of Halo and the Xbox.
Simcident Report: Can Flight Sim Get You Arrested? The Bizarre Stories of Simmers Swept Up By Law Enforcement Post-9/11
26.11.2023 – Today, we we examine the bizarre stories of how post-9/11 surveillance state got the police sent to the home of a 10-year-old boy and landed another man in US federal court all over accusations of little more than being fans of flight sim.
Simcident Report: The SATCO Schism, The Rocky Origins of Online ATC and the Rise of VATSIM and IVAO
4.5.2023 – This is the story of SATCO, flight sims premier multiplayer ATC network, and how it was torn apart by secretive deals, internal power struggles, and accusations of theft and fraud. The collapse of which, would lead to the rise of two of the most popular competing ATC networks, VATSIM and IVAO. Welcome to Simcident Report, where…
Simcident Report: Massacre at Meigs Field – The Ill-Fated Fight to Save Flight Sim’s Most Famous Airport
27.1.2023 – The story of how the illegal overnight destruction of Chicago’s tiny Meigs Field drew the ire of thousands of people who had never been to Chicago and weren’t even pilots.