Directory: Games: Video Games: Simulation: God Games: Sim Games: The Sims Series: The Sims Online (33)

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IMG News: Details, Concerns on Sims Online - Article that comments on the Wall Street Journal article, 'Will life on the Web spoil the sims?'.

Boycott to charging for Sims Online - Petition to make Maxis not charge a monthly fee for The Sims Online. Includes viewing feature for looking at the names/nicknames and comments of the people who have signed it.

Petition for 'The Sims Online' - A petition to sell 'The Sims Online' outside the US.

BellaOnline: The Sims Online Walkthrough - Full walkthrough for the game, including how to make money and how to meet sim needs.

The Sims Online Stratics - Features news and information.

TSO Explosion - Includes screenshots and game information.

About.com - The Sims Online - Reviewed by Courtney Marchelletta. Score: 3.5 out of 5.

The Sims City Guides - Maps and guides to different cities.

SimsFiles.com - Files and news.

Raking Muck in "The Sims Online" - "What happens when a virtual newspaper covering virtual events runs afoul of a real corporation?" By Farhad Manjoo. [Salon]

The World is Owned by EA - "These are problems that crop up when people begin to behave in a world as if it were free; when it fact it is paid for and therefore owned by a corporation. It's simulated freedom." News and reader comments. [Game Girl Advance]

A Real-Life Debate on Free Expression in a Cyberspace City - "The recent decision by the game's owner, Electronic Arts, to terminate Mr. Ludlow's account--forever erasing his simulated Sims persona--has set off a debate over free expression and ethical behavior in online worlds that is reverberating in the real one." By Amy Harmon. [New York Times] [Registration required.]

The Dark Side of Digital Utopia - "How would people act if they were freed from real life laws and social constraints? A new, interactive computer game offers just such a scenario - with some disturbing results." [BBC News]

FiringSquad - The Sims Online - Review by Tom Chick. Includes screenshots and user reviews. Score: [59/100]

First Impression: The Sims Online - Preview from Gamespot on game. Reveals more on gameplay and also comments on graphics and differences from The Sims.

Q&A: Banned Sims Blogger Bites Back - "Tossed onto his virtual bum by EA for exposing The Sims Online's seamier side, Peter Ludlow talks about real censorship and virtual vice." By Curt Feldman. [Gamespot]

Game Revolution : The Sims Online Screenshots - 4 screenshots and a short Electronic Arts factsheet on the game which includes game overview and features.

GameSpy.com - E3 Coverage -- Sims Online - Report on The Sims Online including what can be done with it. Includes pictures - two showing speech bubbles and two that look at the interface.

Game Industry News - Reviewed by John Breeden, score: 4½ out of 5 as well as Most Innovative Game of the Year.

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