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The Sims design mastermind Will Wright says the first Sims ever made were "too good" at staying alive and needed to be stupider for the game to be fun

Was there a world where Sims didn't start a fire every two seconds?

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Will Wright says the original Sims AI was actually too good: 'Almost anything the player did was worse than the Sims running on autopilot'

"Sul sul!" "Wabadebadoo!"

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25 Years Ago, One Game Defined A Genre And Has Yet To Be Beat

It's the 25th anniversary of 'The Sims,' and there's still no real competition for the most important life sim ever.

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Rumour has it that The Sims and The Sims 2 are being re-released this week

Sul sul!

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The Sims creator's first game in over 10 years is an AI life sim that uses your real memories: "The more I can make a game about you, the more you'll like it"

Proxi sounds like a genre changer

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The Sims designer Will Wright says a 'Britney Spears-level' pop star loved her 'mundane' life in The Sims: 'It is so boring, it's wonderful'

"A mundane life, getting up, having a routine, that was her fantasy," Wright said on Twitch.

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The Sims designer Will Wright is making his next life sim more personal by building it with your actual memories: 'No game designer has ever gone wrong by overestimating the narcissism of their players'

"It goes to figure that the more I can make a game about you, the more you'll like it," Wright said playfully while discussing his next life sim, Proxi.

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In 1989, a Nintendo bigwig licensed SimCity on the spot by sliding a million dollar check across the table

Just like in the movies!

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Maxis canceled The Sims in the '90s, but it was saved by an unlikely hero: Electronic Arts

Project "Dollhouse" outlasted industry turmoil, gender norms, and company collapse.

PC Gamer

Sim-ply unfilmable? Inside The Sims movie that never was

In 2007, a big-screen version of the hit video game was announced, but it languished in development limbo. What happened, and what does it mean for Margot Robbie’s new adaptation?

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The 50 best games of the '80s, ranked

From Raid On Bungeling Bay to Elite, here's out definitive ranking of the best games of the '80s

GamesRadar

Texas is terrifying. Hollywood has noticed.

From “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” to “Friday the 13th,” Texas is an ideal landscape to shock and delight audiences and ghost hunters.

The Texas Tribune

Former EA CEO talks about how AI could replace Simlish but that sounds like a horrible idea

Unity's John Ricitiello reckons the future is machine-authored.

PC Gamer

Party supplies firm founded by the Middletons sold after collapse

Entrepreneur James Sinclair buys Party Pieces for an undisclosed amount after administrators brought in

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A woman sues Kraft, claiming Velveeta macaroni preparation time is misleading

Kraft Heinz says its Velveeta Shells & Cheese cups are "ready in 3 1/2 minutes." The proposed class action lawsuit counters that microwaving is one of several steps and seeks $5 million in damages.

Daily Record

Stirling jobs at risk at city store after clothing firm Joules enters administration

Stirling could be set to lose another name from the high street after clothing firm Joules collapsed into administration. The troubled retailer made the move after failing to secure emergency investment to protect the company’s future. One of Joule

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Joules announces it is going into administration

The retailer said it was suspending trading in its shares following months of financial difficulties

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