As an avid gamer, Lianna fell in love with the world of gaming at the young age of six. Summers split between time spent in the library reading fantasy novels, and evenings at home playing fantasy ...

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 ...

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. EA is partying like it's 2004--and that's because the publisher is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its juggernaut franchise The Sims with ...

Everyone has to start somewhere, and for The Sims, that somewhere was a Windows PC in your parent's attic. Its humble beginnings were off to a good start, with EA and Maxis riffing off the success of ...

The Sims celebrated its 25-year anniversary on February 4, 2025. Below, we take a deep dive on how it's reached its current state and why EA and its fans don't always see eye to eye on what's best for ...

The year is 2006. I'm just six years old, sitting in my older brother's room on a hot summer day in Bosnia and Herzegovina. "Is it ready?" I try to peer over his shoulder as he configures The Sims 2 ...