The world of The Sims—the wildly popular computer game that puts the player at the helm of a fictional world—is said to parallel our own. Like in our society, the characters in The Sims range from partygoers to straight-laced business people. They have wants, needs, desires and motives like we do. Part of the attraction [...]

The massive online role playing game World of Warcraft has become an industry in and of itself.  There are players who make real-world money by creating add ons and modifications for the game.  There are others who get paid to play the game for hours on end, build up a character’s experience and assets, and [...]

Just like in real life, the characters in The Sims are also responsible for making enough money to stay afloat and for paying their fair share of bills. As the player, you are responsible for navigating your Sims characters successfully through life. This means that you are also responsible for finding a way to make [...]

Has it been forever since your last vacation? Every one deserves some time off from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, but if you just can’t get away, why not get away with the Sims. You can live vicariously through your Sims characters with the vacation expansion pack. In fact, the whole thing might [...]

The modern world is a world of competition. Whether in political races, sporting events, publishing battles or classroom antics, no one wants to lose. This attitude is easily transferable to the fantasy worlds of video games, especially those multi-player systems. Gamers desire to be the best of the best; they desire the strongest characters, the [...]

The Sims House Party is one of the popular expansion packs that you can use to add a whole new dimension to your Sims game. Expansion packs are an easy way to make the Sims game feel new again. No matter how long you have been playing the Sims game, chances are that you will [...]

The gaming world is obsessed with World of Warcraft. This is not the first multi-player, fantasy-based role playing computer game: many have come before, and many will come after.  But there is just something about World of Warcraft that has players making more characters, lining up for expansion packs and living the lives of their [...]

It’s true that the Sims are tiny virtual mirrors of us: they have to pay their bills, learn to cook, make and keep friends, get careers, maybe get married and get kids, and eventually die. Even though the Sims can be remarkably realistic in many ways, holy matrimony in the Sims is not entirely parallel [...]

Simlish? Yes, it’s true: the mega-popular interactive The Sims computer game has actually spawned its own strange tongue. It’s called, appropriately enough, Simlish, and Sims fanatics everywhere are rapidly turning it into a viable virtual language. What is Simlish exactly? Simlish is a fictional language that was created in the Sims franchise games. A company [...]

When it comes to playing the end game content, such as PvP (player versus player) or raiding, many players might spend months or even a year to become powerful enough to begin play that content. However, some people would like to reach that goal a bit quicker than that, and there are some strategies you [...]