Make your own metro.

• Author: Soave, Robby
• Position: Briefly Noted - Brief article - Product/service evaluation

Any resident of the D.C. area who's ever waited an hour for a delayed train or dragged a suitcase up the stairs because a subway escalator was broken--for months at a time--should appreciate the Mini Metro computer game, which lets you play God with Washington's transit system.

The game, designed by the New Zealand-based developer Dinosaur Polo Club, is addictively simple: New stations appear on a basic map of D.C. every few minutes. You must connect them by adding lines, carriages, and tunnels. Your Metro cars carry little people from...