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Sims Gamer

May 31st, 2008

The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff

Since you can apparently NEVER have enough Stuff Packs, Maxis and IKEA are presenting the latest in a LONG line of Stuff Packs:The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff.
You can pre-order the game through Amazon or via direct download from EA’s website.
The Stuff Pack will be released on June 23rd and promises to be well worth […]

By Amy Tucker -- 2 comments

April 17th, 2008

100 Million Sold!

Yesterday, Maxis and Sims 2 officially celebrated 100 million games sold worldwide. How’s that for staying power? The little game that almost wasn’t has kicked much ass and just keeps on kicking.
In celebration of this joyous event, Maxis has added a snazzy “exclusive download“.
You can either click on the picture in this post […]

By Amy Tucker -- 1 comment

January 29th, 2008

Freetime Comic

I thought you’d be able to enjoy the comic from here, but apparently you’re gonna have to go here to really enjoy it.
Tags: comic, ea-games, Sims-2-FreetimeShare This

By Amy Tucker -- 0 comments

January 20th, 2008

The Game that Almost Wasn’t

Did you know that The Sims was almost NOT made?
According to Will Wright, in his interview with Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Sims “was referred to as “The Toilet game”. It was the game where you clean the toilet. We had a product review meeting at Maxis where we had to decide whether we’d publish this […]

By Amy Tucker -- 1 comment