<s>
Afterlife	B-Application
is	O
a	O
god	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
LucasArts	O
in	O
June	O
1996	O
that	O
places	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
semi-omnipotent	O
being	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
Demiurge	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
job	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
functional	O
Heaven	O
and	O
Hell	O
to	O
reward	O
or	O
punish	O
the	O
citizens	O
of	O
the	O
local	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
creates	O
the	O
infrastructure	O
(	O
roads	O
,	O
zones	O
for	O
the	O
various	O
sins/virtues	O
,	O
reincarnation	O
centers	O
)	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
afterlife	B-Application
to	O
function	O
properly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
also	O
has	O
the	O
assistance	O
of	O
two	O
advisors	O
—	O
Aria	O
Goodhalo	O
,	O
an	O
angel	O
,	O
and	O
Jasper	O
Wormsworth	O
,	O
a	O
demon	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aria	O
and	O
Jasper	O
provide	O
warnings	O
when	O
things	O
are	O
going	O
wrong	O
with	O
the	O
afterlife	B-Application
,	O
and	O
offer	O
tips	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
fix	O
the	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
very	O
satirical	O
,	O
with	O
various	O
references	O
to	O
pop	O
culture	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
passing	O
mention	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
San	O
Quentin	O
Scarearantino	O
"	O
or	O
sending	O
a	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
to	O
destroy	O
buildings	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
cheats	O
too	O
much	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
divine	O
and	O
infernal	O
services	O
for	O
the	O
inhabitants	O
of	O
the	O
afterlife	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
afterlife	B-Application
caters	O
to	O
one	O
particular	O
planet	O
,	O
known	O
simply	O
as	O
the	O
Planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
an	O
EMBO	O
dies	O
,	O
its	O
soul	O
travels	O
to	O
the	O
afterlife	B-Application
where	O
it	O
attempts	O
to	O
find	O
an	O
appropriate	O
"	O
fate	O
structure	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
paths	O
that	O
souls	O
take	O
through	O
the	O
afterlife	B-Application
depend	O
largely	O
on	O
the	O
tenets	O
of	O
the	O
souls	O
 '	O
belief	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
technologies	O
help	O
the	O
EMBOs	O
to	O
become	O
more	O
widespread	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
,	O
which	O
means	O
a	O
larger	O
population	O
for	O
the	O
afterlife	B-Application
when	O
they	O
die	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
buildings	O
in	O
the	O
afterlife	B-Application
produce	O
Vibes	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
a	O
measure	O
of	O
how	O
buildings	O
affect	O
one	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
amount	O
received	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
factors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
souls	O
that	O
passed	O
through	O
the	O
gates	O
of	O
the	O
afterlife	B-Application
in	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
afterlife	B-Application
is	O
staffed	O
by	O
angels	O
(	O
in	O
Heaven	O
)	O
and	O
demons	B-Operating_System
(	O
in	O
Hell	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
,	O
all	O
workers	O
are	O
imported	O
and	O
must	O
commute	O
from	O
other	O
afterlives	B-Application
,	O
which	O
quickly	O
becomes	O
expensive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
costs	O
can	O
be	O
lowered	O
by	O
building	O
Topias	O
to	O
house	O
workers	O
in	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
afterlife	B-Application
,	O
making	O
the	O
commute	O
unnecessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Employment	O
costs	O
can	O
be	O
further	O
reduced	O
by	O
building	O
training	O
centers	O
,	O
which	O
train	O
processed	O
souls	O
to	O
become	O
angels	O
and	O
demons	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
god	O
games	O
,	O
Afterlife	B-Application
is	O
open-ended	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
set	O
conditions	O
for	O
winning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lead	O
designer	O
Michael	O
Stemmle	O
said	O
the	O
idea	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
came	O
as	O
he	O
played	O
SimCity	B-Application
,	O
combined	O
with	O
a	O
fascination	O
for	O
creating	O
an	O
organized	O
afterlife	B-Application
"	O
that	O
tickled	O
my	O
bone	O
ever	O
since	O
I	O
read	O
Dante	O
's	O
Inferno	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Next	O
Generation	O
critic	O
called	O
Afterlife	B-Application
"	O
a	O
title	O
that	O
will	O
immediately	O
attract	O
anyone	O
who	O
was	O
even	O
mildly	O
amused	O
by	O
the	O
mother	O
of	O
all	O
sim-builders	O
,	O
SimCity	B-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
vast	O
number	O
of	O
options	O
and	O
responsibilities	O
,	O
the	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
complex	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
gave	O
Afterlife	B-Application
its	O
1996	O
"	O
Best	O
Simulation	O
Game	O
"	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
