Check out news in the Times...

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:38:39 -0400, bob.TakeThisOut@yeruncle.com wrote:

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>Article on the Sims game... a video as well...
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>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/arts/television/16sims.html
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>If you don't visit the Times you need to register but its free and easy...

"“What we’ve discovered is that the Sims is a very private experience
for a lot of people,” Rod Humble, head of the Sims studio, said in a
telephone interview last week. “It’s private because it’s set in real
life. Rather than on a console in the living room where everyone can
see, you generally play on a handheld or on a PC in the study, where
no one can look over your shoulder. You get to tap into this wonderful
childhood imaginary game, which is ‘What if I could create my own
little world and all the people in it and watch them go through their
business and jump in and change things when I want?’ That is a pretty
personal fantasy.”"

They still have no clue why The Sims Online failed, do they? As I
recall, Simmers were eager to share their little worlds, but that
turned out not to be what TSO was about. No, we had to share EA's
meager, unimaginative little world. Watching your Sims and everybody
else's Sims reading to gain skill points--yeah, there's a good time.
Not.

BW