<s>
Neocolonialism	B-Application
is	O
a	O
strategic	B-Application
computer	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
take	O
over	O
different	O
regions	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
Neocolonialism	B-Application
differs	O
from	O
Risk	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
map	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
is	O
rotated	O
180°	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
world	O
map	O
orientation	O
,	O
putting	O
the	O
north	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
warned	O
,	O
"	O
Neocolonialism	B-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
about	O
finance	O
bankers	O
attempting	O
to	O
extract	O
as	O
much	O
wealth	O
from	O
the	O
world	O
as	O
possible.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
played	O
using	O
the	O
mouse	O
alone	O
;	O
the	O
keyboard	O
is	O
not	O
used	O
except	O
when	O
chatting	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
in	O
multi-player	B-Application
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
friend	O
jokingly	O
wondered	O
how	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
board	O
game	O
"	O
based	O
solely	O
on	O
the	O
Marxist	O
theory	O
of	O
neocolonialism	B-Application
—	O
in	O
which	O
developed-world	O
institutions	O
control	O
developing-world	O
countries	O
by	O
purely	O
financial	O
means.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
Alter	O
reported	O
his	O
progress	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
so	O
far	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
blog	O
,	O
with	O
his	O
screenname	O
"	O
sampedestal	O
"	O
:	O
"	O
Neocolonialism	B-Application
is	O
a	O
complex	O
cocktail	O
of	O
background	O
financial	O
and	O
political	O
decisions	O
conjured	O
by	O
a	O
global	O
potpourri	O
of	O
rich	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
have	O
designed	O
Neocolonialism	B-Application
to	O
make	O
some	O
pretty	O
significant	O
approximations	O
of	O
what	O
in	O
reality	O
is	O
an	O
exceedingly	O
complicated	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
called	O
"	O
Neocolonialism	B-Application
1.0	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
development	O
and	O
through	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Neocolonialism	B-Application
has	O
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
DEFCON	B-Application
with	O
a	O
bail-out	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
bomb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
life	O
of	O
a	O
heartless	O
hyper-capitalist	O
monster	O
appeals	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
back	O
Neocolonialism	B-Application
at	O
its	O
Kickstarter	O
page.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
may	O
let	O
you	O
go	O
nuts	O
in	O
a	O
city	O
or	O
even	O
a	O
state	O
,	O
but	O
for	O
a	O
truly	O
large-scale	O
bout	O
of	O
pure	O
psychopathy	O
you	O
'll	O
want	O
to	O
manipulate	O
global	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NeoColonialism	B-Application
puts	O
you	O
in	O
the	O
shoes	O
of	O
a	O
banker	O
treating	O
the	O
world	O
as	O
your	O
own	O
personal	O
financial	O
pinata	O
,	O
and	O
you	O
wo	O
n't	O
stop	O
beating	O
it	O
until	O
every	O
last	O
penny	O
is	O
hammered	O
out	O
and	O
all	O
that	O
's	O
left	O
is	O
a	O
sad	O
little	O
pile	O
of	O
confetti.James	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Neocolonialism	B-Application
-	O
a	O
board-style	O
game	O
for	O
financial	O
psychopaths	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Neocolonialism	B-Application
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
Kill	O
Screen	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
partisan	O
and	O
derisive	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
"	O
someone	O
might	O
generate	O
after	O
reading	O
Das	O
Kapital	O
and	O
The	O
Jungle	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
