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FiringSquad - The Sims Online - http://www.firingsquad.com/games/the_sims_online_review/
Review by Tom Chick. Includes screenshots and user reviews. Score: [59/100] |
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Game Revolution : The Sims Online Screenshots - http://www.gamerevolution.com/screen/pc/sims-online
4 screenshots and a short Electronic Arts factsheet on the game which includes game overview and features. |
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Game Industry News - http://www.gameindustry.com/review/item.asp?id=176
Reviewed by John Breeden, score: 4½ out of 5 as well as Most Innovative Game of the Year. |
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A Real-Life Debate on Free Expression in a Cyberspace City - http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/15/technology/15SIMS.html
"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.] |
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The World is Owned by EA - http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2003/12/14/the_world_is_owned_by_ea.html
"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] |