| _______________ | 1 |  | [TheSims2.com] The Sims 3 Horror Trailer | | Check out this terrifying trailer from The Sims 3 on our Official Youtube Channel.
:: Watch the Video (http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSims)
More... (http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSims) | | Wed, 1 July 2009, 15:00 | |
| _______________ | 2 | | [TheSims2.com] Spore Galactic Adventures Giveaway! | | To celebrate the release of Spore's Expansion Pack, Spore Galactic Adventures, we wanted to give you guys a chance to get your very own copy!
:: More Info Here (http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/51760.page)
More... (http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/51760.page) | | Tue, 30 June 2009, 19:40 | |
| _______________ | 3 | | MySims Kingdom, Sims 2 Apartment Life and Sims 2 Apartment Pets fankits | | Greg over at *SimCookie* (http://simcookie.com/) was extremely kind enough to allow me to upload 3 of his fankits put together for MySims Kingdom, Sims 2 Apartment Life and Sims 2 Apartment Pets.* Inside the kits contain a high-quality logo, images, renders and a few other goodies!* Feel free to download them below if you have a Sims fansite or need artwork from the games!
* MySims Kingdom Fankit (http://www.simprograms.com/images/games/fankits/Fankit_Mysims_kingdom.rar)
* The Sims 2 Apartment Life Fankit (http://www.simprograms.com/images/games/fankits/Fankit_the sims 2 apartment life.rar)
* The Sims 2 Apartment Pets Fankit (http://www.simprograms.com/images/games/fankits/Fankit_The Sims 2 Pets apartment pets.rar) | | Sat, 27 June 2009, 22:50 | |
| _______________ | 4 | | Sims 2 Machinima ? 'The Awakening' | | Wow…oh wow.* I caught an old video created by *April Hoffmann* (http://www.sims99.com/movie_details.php?dir=aprilsghoffmann&id=294) called ‘The Awakening’ thanks to *MachinimaTV* (http://www.justin.tv/machinimatv).* Many of you may of already seen it considering it was created in 2005, but this is the first time I came across this.* Honestly, I have to say if there was going to be an actual Sims movie, I’d want to see her take a stab at it using as much resources as she needs – very well written! | | Fri, 26 June 2009, 21:51 | |
| _______________ | 5 | | [TheSims2.com] Latest Update for The Sims 3 now available | | The Sims 3 Update is now available through The Sims 3 Launcher.
:: Read the fixes (http://www.thesims3.com/game/patches/-1206416818)
More... (http://www.thesims3.com/game/patches/-1206416818) | | Thu, 25 June 2009, 18:10 | |
| _______________ | 6 | | [TheSims2.com] The Sims 3 on Joystiq.com | | Check out Joystiq.com's article "iPhone It In: The Sims 3".
:: Read the article (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/22/iphone-it-in-the-sims-3/)
More... (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/22/iphone-it-in-the-sims-3/) | | Tue, 23 June 2009, 17:20 | |
| _______________ | 7 | | [TheSims2.com] The Sims 3 featured in USA Today | | Fun facts from The Sims 3 are highlighted in USA Today!
:: Read the article (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2009/06/68362819/1)
More... (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2009/06/68362819/1) | | Mon, 22 June 2009, 18:30 | |
| _______________ | 8 | | [TheSims2.com] The Sims 3 in Food & Wine Magazine Blog | | The Sims 3 is featured in a Food & Wine Magazine Blog article "Virtual Life of a Sim Chef".
:: Read the article (http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/06/15/Virtual-Life-of-a-Sim-Chef)
More... (http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/06/15/Virtual-Life-of-a-Sim-Chef) | | Fri, 19 June 2009, 13:00 | |
| _______________ | 9 | | [TheSims2.com] The Sims 3 cars invade Paris! | | Hit the brakes! Paris has become overrun with The Sims 3 cars!
:: Check out the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ivW-UPK80)
More... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ivW-UPK80) | | Wed, 17 June 2009, 12:40 | |
| _______________ | 10 | | [TheSims2.com] The Sims 3 featured in Allure Magazine | | Check out Allure magazine's write-up: "The Sims Gets a Sassy Makeover"!
:: Read the article (http://www.allure.com/beauty/blogs/reporter/2009/06/the-sims-gets-a-sassy-makeover.html)
More... (http://www.allure.com/beauty/blogs/reporter/2009/06/the-sims-gets-a-sassy-makeover.html) | | Fri, 5 June 2009, 17:20 | |
| _______________ | 11 | | [TheSims2.com] The Sims 3 is #1 on the iPhone App Store | | The Sims 3 has expanded its virtual world onto the iPhone™ and iPod® touch and the reception has been nothing short of phenomenal! :: Download The Sims 3 on the iTunes App Store today! (http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=wc7vji4t5ns&offerid=146261.764049515&type=10&subid=&u1=Sims3news_Sims3)
More... (http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=wc7vji4t5ns&offerid=146261.764049515&type=10&subid=&u1=Sims3news_Sims3) | | Thu, 4 June 2009, 21:40 | |
| _______________ | 12 | | [TheSims2.com] The Sims 3 - Now Available! | | The Sims 3 is now available at a store near you! Create Sims with unique personalities. Connect, share & shop online. Determine your Sims ultimate destiny and customize everything.:: Buy Now (http://www.thesims3.com/game/about)
More... (http://www.thesims3.com/game/about) | | Wed, 3 June 2009, 0:51 | |
| _______________ | 13 | | [TheSims2.com] New videos from The Sims 3 | | Check out the new videos for The Sims 3 we've posted on our YouTube channel!
:: Watch the videos (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TheSims&view=videos)
More... (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TheSims&view=videos) | | Mon, 1 June 2009, 18:30 | |
| _______________ | 14 |  | SimCity 4 - tornado on a leash | | Here’s my early mockup for one of the ideas, done in 3DS Max; The tornado on a leash. I thought of the tornado as a huge, eager, but destructive dog. You could sort of control if you really tried, but it would try and get away and chew up your buildings if it could. A badly housetrained tornado.
The Tornado was my most used disaster in the SimCity games…I can’t really explain why…I have a huge fascination of tornados.* I would love to one day go on a Storm Chase to try to view one up close.* Image: http://www.simprograms.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif
Source:* *Ocean Quigley’s (SimCity 4’s art director) blog* (http://oceanquigley.blogspot.com/2009/05/disasters-in-simcity-4.html) | | Sat, 30 May 2009, 21:50 | |
| _______________ | 15 | | Gamasutra interviews Maxis' Bradshaw On Freedom And The Essential Opportunity For Fai | | *_Players Will Surprise You_*
That’s why EA Maxis has endeavored to begin community outreach initiatives prior to a game’s launch, such as when the Creature Creator was released for free well ahead of Spore’s launch. “What happens is this incredible transformative process,” Bradshaw says. “The ingenuity of our players will take things well beyond what we’ve even considered.”
For example, Spore players had a means of commenting back and forth to each other about creations in Spore. “One day, one player created a mailbox… that was a creature, and said, ‘this will be your means of communicating with me.’ The next thing we saw was more and more mailbox creatures… until nearly every player had a mailbox creature.”
In that way, says Bradshaw, players are liable to design play in ways the designers could not have even foreseen. Similarly, player advocates naturally emerge from within the Spore community, says Bradshaw, to police forums, advocate for desired features, demand patches and point out bugs.
“I hope that people here starting to make games for change start to look at these kinds of practices within gaming,” Bradshaw says. “We intuitively understand that games are a vehicle for learning and behavior change –” but game design is still needed.
According to Bradshaw, Spore’s players were able to become designers, community leaders and advocates without being instructed or shepherded by the developers because they’re given both tools and freedom. “For me, ’sandbox’ is… a description of the types of games I’ve worked on that I think has a basis in creating imaginative play,” she explains.
*Lucy has a lot more to share with you if you visit the article at Gamasutra!* (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23841) | | Fri, 29 May 2009, 15:11 | |
