It's Christmas Day 2005 and I'm huffing and puffing down the mic of my new Nintendo DS. I'd been begging for this particular gift for months, both because I yearned to play Nintendogs with my cousin, ...

EA and Maxis are celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Sims franchise with a truly excellent surprise. Today, both The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 are available on PC once again via two Legacy Collections ...

The Sims (the first one) didn’t hold back in denting my confidence. This is a game that I don’t believe aged well at all if you’re serious about playing The Sims, and are used to the later entries in ...

The original game you know and love. For Windows 10 / Windows 11. Create an entire neighborhood of Sims and run or ruin their lives. Help them pursue careers, make friends, and find romance — or see ...

There have been plenty of exciting nostalgia hits in recent years, but few have been greeted with as much joy (among PC players, especially) as The Sims and The Sims 2 being re-released today as part ...

The Sims franchise has gone through significant changes in its 25 year run. But which game stands out as the best Sims game in the series?

The whole 'trap Sims in the pool with no way to get out' shtick is such a cliche, and it’s a real pain in the neck to actually get done. By the time anyone actually dies my Sim has had to run to the ...

Mark has been thinking and writing about games since a Gameboy Pocket and a copy of Link's Awakening was first placed into his tender, seven-year-old hands. Since then, he snagged a creative writing ...