The Sims Turned Players Into Gods. And Farmers. And Vampires. And Landlords.
As the virtual dollhouse turns 25, the game designer Will Wright explains how The Sims was a sandbox for the American dream.
Will Wright says the original Sims AI was actually too good: 'Almost anything the player did was worse than the Sims running on autopilot'
As part of the 25th anniversary of The Sims, the New York Times spoke to the original game's lead designer Will Wright, who ...
Long-Gone Classics The Sims 1 And 2 Are Finally Coming Back To PC [Update]
Fans of The Sims have their hopes up that the original two games will finally be remastered for modern platforms after ...
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‘The Sims’ turned players into gods. And farmers. And vampires. And landlords.
The Sims was a sandbox for the American dream when it was released on Feb 4, 2000, with Wright pulling inspiration from biology, architecture, comics and psychology to dictate the rules of his ...
The Sims design mastermind Will Wright says the first Sims ever made were "too good" at staying alive and needed to be stupider for the game to be fun
According to The Sims mastermind Will Wright, the original life sim had to be dumbed down as Sims' autonomy was simply "too ...
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‘The Sims’ Turned Mere Mortals Into Gods. Twenty-Five Years Later, the Addictive Computer Game Is Still Going Strong
The audience for the trailblazing life simulation game has stuck around through new editions, expansion packs and designs to ...
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The 25 best Sims games for The Sims 25th anniversary
The Sims franchise turns 25 this week, which is a huge milestone in and of itself, but did you know just how many Sims games ...
Jericho Sims trade for Delon Wright doesn’t address Knicks’ biggest need
And while Wright brings defensive tenacity, his addition doesn’t necessarily address New York’s most pressing issue: a lack ...
The Sims at 25: How a virtual dollhouse took over the world
Back in the 1990s, when creator Will Wright pitched the game to his bosses ... The latest instalment, The Sims 4, has been translated into 18 languages and played by 85 million people worldwide, ...
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How The Sims' endless customization fostered one of gaming's most diverse player communities
Created by one of the industry's few auteur game-designers, Will Wright, The Sims 1 was released on the cusp ... Phillip Ring ...