For the past few weeks, I’ve been delving deep into that most familiar of economic sims….Used Car Purchasing 2K6. So far, there has been a bit of improvement to the interface over the last time I played this bastard (UCP 2000) with the rise in popularity of boston.craigslist.com and other helpful search and appraisal sites such as www.cars.com, www.edmunds.com, and of course good old www.kbb.com. Successfully completing the game requires a careful bit of micromanagement between the financial aspect, the availability of product selection, competition with the AI also gunning for that same model, and a whole bunch of luck with the behind-the-scenes dice rolls. I think I may be nearing the endgame, at which point I will be able to put this title down for another few years.

I need to buy a fucking lottery ticket.