The Sims was never supposed to be a hit. Back in the 1990s, when creator Will Wright pitched the game to his bosses, they ...

As video game The Sims celebrates its 25th anniversary, fans of the virtual life simulator help to explain why it’s remained ...

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As Kensington discovered in World of Warcraft, players of these games have objectives to meet. In Second Life, however, Kensington found a three-dimensional virtual world that, like World of ...

Many games now are so lifelike, that when you sit down in front of a screen to play, you feel like you become part of the virtual world.