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EA Explains The Sims 3 DRM Scheme

Before you get your molotov cocktails out and start heaving them in the direction of the Electronic Arts offices, stop and listen. We all know what a clusterfuck DRM caused for the game Spore. People bitched quite a bit and this time around, EA is going to listen. On the official Sims 3 blog, Rod Humble from EA just posted ...

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The Sims: The Movie?

Sources are reporting that Electronic Arts Inc. has sold the movie rights of best-selling game series, “The Sims”, to 20th Century Fox. The Sims franchise has sold more than 85 million units since its debut 7 years ago. “The Sims has done an interactive version of an old story, which is what it’s like to have infinite power and how ...

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The Sims on our laptop, just what we need!

Will Wright is the famous creator of the best selling PC game ever: The Sims. As a result of countless addon expansion packs and pre-teen obsessions of controlling other people’s lives, the Sims is/was a phenomenon for PC gaming. Now, the Sims was meant to be run on your desktop because your laptop just didn’t have the guts to run ...

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New Sims 2 expansion announced: Sim Seasons

EA Games has really been cashing in on all of these Sims expansions. People are just relentless with this game. And you know what they say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. With that said, EA Games has announced plans on yet another expansion release for Sims 2, which will be called Seasons. This eighth expansion will upgrade the ...

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Score One For Starcraft 2!

Starcraft 2

Starcraft players rejoice because according to a study by Red Bull’s gaming arm, playing Starcraft 2 might just make you smarter. The Redbull study found that cognitive flexibility is something that can be trained through studying gamers in a controlled environment.

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Falling Books Bookend: Reading is Dangerous

Playing God is entertaining. If it wasn’t, games such as The Sims and the iPhone’s Pocket God wouldn’t be nearly as popular as they are. So why shouldn’t gadgets offering a bird’s eye view of another person’s misfortune not be popular as well? The Falling Books Bookend adds a dose of omnipresence into your study or library. Watch as a ...

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Afternoon Linkage for May 18th, 2009

Ahh, a long and eventful weekend brings us to the week preceding Memorial Day weekend. Bet you can’t wait. A song worth 99 cents on iTunes iPods with cameras? When pigs fly The Sims 3 has leaked like a broken faucet Sony’s latest offering of DSLRs Kinda gross Cycling in NYC is evolving more and more Microsoft and its magical ...

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Exploring the Meteoric Rise of Casual Gaming

Video games have become a truly global phenomenon. Hollywood executives now turn to the likes of Super Mario and Tomb Raider to bring back audiences to movie theatres while streaming platforms capitalise on franchises like League of Legends and Fallout to rejuvenate their catalogue. Video game adaptations are rising, and seeing gaming icons on TV may push their appeal to ...

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