10 Paralives features that already make The Sims feel surprisingly outdated

The Sims 4 reign as the solo life sim of its kind has come to an end as Paralives brings a breath of fresh air to a lagging ...

10 Paralives features that fix the biggest problems with The Sims

Paralives brings some new features that bring some much-needed updates to the formula The Sims introduced.
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For 25 years, The Sims have made a game out of the daily grind

Critic Linda Holmes has been playing The Sims since the early 2000s. Twenty five years in, she says she still finds the game charming but puzzling. When I first started playing The Sims, which was ...
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The Sims: from Hot Date to Get Famous, why expansion packs have been key to the game’s longevity

SimCity 3000, the predecessor to The Sims, played a pivotal part in my childhood, growing up in Hyderabad, India. Its recreation of the western, urban world helped me understand how cities were ...
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How The Sims accidentally invented the cosy game genre

Ooboo Vroose Baa Dooo! That’s “happy birthday” in Simlish, the delightfully nonsensical language of The Sims. The life simulation video game franchise turns 25 this year, making me feel officially old ...