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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Even if you are not an experienced gamer, chances are that you have heard of The Sims. This popular computer game has become the best-selling PC game ever created. The original Sims game was first released in 2000. What makes this game so attractive to gamers? The Sims clearly stands out from the bunch: there [...]

If you are a fan of simulation games, chances are you have already ventured forth into the world of Sim building games. These games allow you to become the God of your own little universe: you are, in effect, creating your own little world. If you enjoy being in complete control of a burgeoning town [...]

Computer simulation games can be very entertaining because they put you in the middle of the action without the risks you would run in real life. Perhaps this point is not lost on those gamers who enjoy flight simulation games. What better way to fly, without the risks inevitably incurred during real life flight? Here [...]

Yes, it’s true: even our dear Sims characters are burdened with the displeasure of having to pay bills on a regular basis. But this is part of what makes the Sims games such a draw: their lives can often mirror ours, sometimes eerily so. How do the Sims resemble us, the controllers of their destinies? [...]