Sims Developer Responds To 'General Unrest' Among Series Fans
One of the public facing members of The Sims’s dev team took to the forums to address rumors of the end of The Sims 4's development.
Sims 4 Toddlers Don't Flirt Anymore
There’s a new Sims 4 patch, and it’s a day that ends in Y. You know what that means: extremely good patch notes.
Modder Makes Over $4,000 A Month Adding A Lot Of Sex To The Sims 4
In the world of The Sims 4, life is a lighthearted cartoon. You can die of laughter and turn into a ghost. You can sleep with characters, but it’s not sex: instead, “Woohooing” happens out of sight, all giggles and hearts. For some people, The Sims 4 doesn’t go far enough in its portrayal of intimacy. (NSFW warning!)
Two Years Later, The Sims 4 Sex Mods Have Gotten Intense
Normally, ‘woohooing’ in The Sims 4 is pretty tame...that is, unless you download some of the latest mods. (NSFW WARNING.)
EA Removing Gender Boundaries From The Sims 4
While The Sims has always been a sandbox of possibility, up to and including misguided romantic affairs with Death, it’s still drawn lines in more traditional places. Now, though, EA and Maxis are erasing a few of them.
Forget No Man’s Sky. I’m Getting Hyped To Play Some Spore
In the fall of 2006, the New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine published dueling Spore previews in the span of four weeks. John Seabrook, writing in the New Yorker, said that the game was “anticipated with something like the interest with which writers in Paris in the early twenties awaited Joyce’s Ulysses.”…
The Sims Players Confess Their Most Evil Deeds
The Sims might look like a pleasant game where you just pretend to play house, but don’t let that fool you. Things can be very dark depending on how you play it.
A History Of Maxis: Thanks For SimCity
The Maxis that you knew, the studio that released SimCity and invented The Sims, is no more. The SimCity brand might live on, and the Maxis brand might live on elsewhere, but they'll survive only as brands, things EA will invoke to sell things. This is a very sad thing, but let's try and remember the good times.
EA Shuts Down SimCity Developer Maxis
EA has shut down Maxis Emeryville, the main Maxis studio and longrunning developer behind SimCity and Spore, among other games. Though the Maxis brand will carry on, the studio that most people knew as "Maxis" is no more.
The Best SimCity Is Now Free
Forget the busted remake. Forget the cash-hungry mobile games. The best SimCity Maxis ever made is still available, and as of now it's a free download on EA's Origin store.
Swimming Pools Open Up Terrifying New Ways To Kill In The Sims 4
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the BREAKING EXPERIMENT, where all the all the Sims are harmed in the making of this video!" Oh boy.
Breaking The Sims 4 Is Just As Fun As Playing It
By now it's well-known that The Sims lets you do all sorts of unrealistic, goofy things, like letting players become ghosts, or letting players create giant versions of everyday items. But just how far will The Sims 4 let you go with these elements of the game?
Everything Goes Wrong When You Try To Kidnap Everyone In The Sims 4
It all started with a simple investigation: how many Sims can one fit in a grid in The Sims 4? Then, everything gets out of hand.
Someone Actually Managed To Kill The Reaper In The Sims 4
How does one kill death itself? By getting your hands dirty, of course.
What Happens When You Don't Play The Sims 4
In a word: hilarity. You probably noticed this while playing, but the AI in The Sims 4 isn't exactly the brightest.
The Sims 4 Mods Are Officially Starting To Become Amazing
Despite being so new, The Sims 4 has relatively robust mod offerings. Some mods are sort of saucy. Some are useful. And some, well, some are just sort of amazing.
The Sim Who Refused To Die
Over a dozen hours into The Sims 4, I'm only now starting to delve into a core part of the experience: killing your sims.
The Sims 4 Already Has A Nudity Mod
Not everyone is a fan of the mosaic censors in The Sims--which is why it was only a matter of time before someone modded them out.
How To Make The Sims 4 More Difficult
Played on its own, The Sims 4 can be pretty aimless. That's not a bad thing, but it does mean you can do stuff to spice things up and make the game more interesting. Enter challenges.
