Springfield (The Simpsons) endowed with flippered mutants. In the Season 25 episode "Homerland", he comments that the air conditioning system has never worked properly. In one episode, Mr. Burns mentions that he owns the electric company as part of his power monopoly. The design and folly of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is often rumored to be based on the troubled Trojan Nuclear Power Plant (closed in 1993 due to defects) near Matt Groening's home town of Portland, Oregon, or the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington. However, Antonia Coffman, Groening's publicist, has said that the Springfield plant's design is generic and that "the Springfield
The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield starts to wear off. [...] "Virtual Springfield" would have benefited from having a better gaming element incorporated into it, slowly revealing more locations around town and introducing the characters one by one to extend playing time and add an extra layer of depth." The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield is a Windows and Macintosh computer game released in 1997 and published by Fox Interactive. It allows players to explore the fictional town Springfield featured in the animated television series "The Simpsons", and the goal is to collect an entire set of character cards throughout the town. The game