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The Sims

Platforms

Nintendo GameCube
PC
PS2
Xbox

Initial release Feb. 4, 2000

Developers

Maxis

Genres

Action Adventure
RPG
Simulation
Strategy

Publishers

Electronic Arts

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The Sims movie in the works from Barbie’s Margot Robbie and director of Loki and The Last of Us Season 2

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The Sims movie in the works from Barbie’s Margot Robbie and director of Loki and The Last of Us Season 2

EA will apparently have a “creative” involvement with the big-screen take on their hit life-sim

March 22, 2024 Matt Jarvis

A blocky yet attractive female Sim from The Sims 1 stretches out in front of a (definitely not in-engine) glowing fire, with a similarly non-canonical bottle of wine and two glasses next to her.

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Returning to The Sims 1 in 2023 is a weird challenge I fully recommend

Looking back at the first-ever Sims game for its historic 23rd anniversary

Feb. 10, 2023 Rebecca Jones

A presskit image from 2000's original The Sims. It shows the kitchen/dining room of a suburban middle-class family of the era: a husband gives his wife a massage in the kitchen, while their young daughter looks at a baby in a crib in the corner.

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Have You Played... The Sims?

Imitation of life

Jan. 23, 2023 Rebecca Jones

Please enjoy Justin Bieber's new house put into 90s strategy games

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Please enjoy Justin Bieber's new house put into 90s strategy games

What units does it manufacture tho?

April 8, 2020 Alice Bell

10 extremely good ideas for The Sims 5

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10 extremely good ideas for The Sims 5

Simply brilliant concepts

Feb. 5, 2020 Nate Crowley

Forget Tiny Living, in The Sims 4 builders have achieved greatness with Grand Designs

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Forget Tiny Living, in The Sims 4 builders have achieved greatness with Grand Designs

If you build it, they will come

Jan. 9, 2020 Kat Brewster

Motherlode: a pocket full of gravestones in Simento Mori part 3

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Motherlode: a pocket full of gravestones in Simento Mori part 3

Our grim task comes to an end

Nov. 28, 2019 Kat Brewster

Motherlode: combustion and singing in Simento Mori part 2

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Motherlode: combustion and singing in Simento Mori part 2

The sequel to death, it's Simento Mori 2

Sept. 26, 2019 Kat Brewster

Motherlode: playing The Sims to death in Simento Mori

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Motherlode: playing The Sims to death in Simento Mori

Simento Mori: Remember, You Will Sim

Aug. 29, 2019 Kat Brewster

The Sims is the most haunted game in the world

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The Sims is the most haunted game in the world

A wee existential spiral about The Sims

Feb. 19, 2019 Kat Brewster

90s CD-ROM games still have a lot to teach us

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90s CD-ROM games still have a lot to teach us

Sims, Petz, Journals and Dreams

Dec. 8, 2017 Emilie Reed

The games chasing EVE’s vision of a single shard MMO

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The games chasing EVE’s vision of a single shard MMO

Big talk

Aug. 30, 2017 Brendan Caldwell

The importance of cultural fashion in games

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The importance of cultural fashion in games

You are what you wear

March 2, 2017 Matt Sayer

ASA Rulings: Robot Dogs, Sugar Puffs And Time Team

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ASA Rulings: Robot Dogs, Sugar Puffs And Time Team

In my defence...

Nov. 5, 2015 Philippa Warr

Have You Played... The Sims?

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Have You Played... The Sims?

Sept. 30, 2015 Alec Meer

Labour Days And Tales Of Terror: The Sims 4 Patched

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Labour Days And Tales Of Terror: The Sims 4 Patched

Sinister suburbs

March 30, 2015 Adam Smith

Surviving With The Sims

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Surviving With The Sims

Another mouth to feed

Nov. 23, 2014 Adam Smith

What I Write About When I Write About Games

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What I Write About When I Write About Games

From The Archive

Nov. 2, 2014 Adam Smith

Belittle Computer People: Smile

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Belittle Computer People: Smile

Though your heart is breaking

Sept. 15, 2014 Adam Smith

Wot I Think: The Sims 4

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Wot I Think: The Sims 4

SimBitty

Sept. 10, 2014 Richard Cobbett

Matters Of The Heart: The Sims 4

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Matters Of The Heart: The Sims 4

Tugging at heart strings

June 12, 2014 Adam Smith

The House Always Wins: The Sims 4

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The House Always Wins: The Sims 4

The house that Maxis built

May 28, 2014 Adam Smith

The Sims 4 To Be The Fourth Sims Game?

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The Sims 4 To Be The Fourth Sims Game?

May 7, 2013 Alec Meer

What I Write About When I Write About Games

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What I Write About When I Write About Games

Escaping the shackles of simulacra

Oct. 26, 2012 Adam Smith

EA Suing Zynga Over The Ville, To "Take A Stand"

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EA Suing Zynga Over The Ville, To "Take A Stand"

Ville Or Villeany?

Aug. 3, 2012 John Walker

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