3d ago

Lara Croft games are the nightmare of any real archaeologist, biologist and paleontologist.

She spends her time robbing tombs.
She destroys the tombs and sanctuaries She visits.
She shoots species that are probably in danger of extinction.
She finds dinosaurs still alive and what does She do? Shoot them to death while continuing to destroy tombs.

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Are there any games that accurately depict the activities of any kind of scientist?
- I'm not sure there's a market for a "Pipette Cry Repeat" based video game.
  
  You are missing the Grant DLC, that puts the fun in funding.
  
  https://media1.tenor.com/m/syy2X2nl4i8AAAAC/jurassic-park-alan-grant.gif
- Kerbal Space Program
  
  That's engineering, not science. There is no science gameplay, you just have science points that you spend.
  
  "Everything that has ever occurred is science stuff."
  
  So, all that anal probing was, indeed, science? TIL
  
  The implementation of engineering is science. In this case it involves physics, materials, structural, and a bunch of others science disciplines.
  It isn't research discovering new things, sure. Not that kind of science.
  
  I think the question asked was games that were science but not/beyond engineering. Pretty much everything with a puzzle aspect can be described as engineering.
  
  Sure, I don't disagree with what you said. Some will say Applied Science is a category of science, others will say it's distinct from capital "S" Science. I don't really care either way, the distinction I was making was: Science is a process of developing knowledge that explains the natural/observable universe, including the humans/societies within it, i.e. a way of understanding what is. Engineering is the application of scientific knowledge, principles, and methods of inquiry in the construction and development of technology--it does not seek to explain things about the world.
  
  Seems more like engineers than scientists (strictly speaking).
  
  Engineering is science.
  
  Scientists construct models from reality; engineers construct reality from models.
- I dont think scientist simulator would be a very popular game. Its be mostly trying cope with the mental anguish of rejection over papers and grants being published.
- There's a mini game in Spider-Man where you have to match up absorption lines to identify chemicals. That's relatively realistic.
- Half-Life
  
  Theoretical physicists FTW
- Surgeon Simulator! It’s a the best training program for today’s surgeon in a rush
- I guess there was Foldit 😅
- Chants of Senaar?
- Heaven's Vault.
- Beyond Blue

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