Check Out This Teaser
April 11, 2008 by Amy Tucker
Filed under Miscellaneous, Sims Industry News, The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3
I think Fridays are great news days and today is no exception.
I was perusing the Sims 2 website and a cute little thumbnail caught my eye. I blew up the picture so that you could enjoy the news for yourself.
“Fun and drama await as your Sims discover apartment living – from getting along with new neighbors to meddlesome landlords, building their reputation to visiting new local hangouts.”
I don’t know about you, but I’ve spent countless hours since the original Sims came out trying to construct a workable apartment where everyone stays in their own cute apartment. Unfortunately, things …read more
The Game that Almost Wasn’t
January 20, 2008 by Amy Tucker
Filed under Sims Industry News, The Sims, The Sims 2
Did you know that The Sims was almost NOT made?
According to Will Wright, in his interview with Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Sims “was referred to as “The Toilet game”. It was the game where you clean the toilet. We had a product review meeting at Maxis where we had to decide whether we’d publish this thing or not…and the executive said “No, let’s do [something else]”.”
Apparently Wright was one of the few people who realized just how great The Sims could be and because of that was one of the few who went to bat for the game.
Though Sims tested …read more
