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  SimsFiles.com http://www.simsfiles.com/
Files and news.
  Raking Muck in "The Sims Online" http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/12/sims_online_newspaper/
"What happens when a virtual newspaper covering virtual events runs afoul of a real corporation?" By Farhad Manjoo. [Salon]
  The Dark Side of Digital Utopia http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3334923.stm
"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]
  Q&A: Banned Sims Blogger Bites Back http://www.gamespot.com/news/6085767.html
"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]
  The Sims Online Stratics http://sims.stratics.com/
Features news and information.
  About.com - The Sims Online http://compsimgames.about.com/cs/gamereviews/gr/simsonline.htm
Reviewed by Courtney Marchelletta. Score: 3.5 out of 5.
  BellaOnline: The Sims Online Walkthrough http://www.bellaonline.com/gaming/w/sims/strategy_lib_simswalk.html
Full walkthrough for the game, including how to make money and how to meet sim needs.
  Petition for 'The Sims Online' http://www.petitiononline.com/ennis119/petition.html
A petition to sell 'The Sims Online' outside the US.
  GameSpy.com - E3 Coverage -- Sims Online http://archive.gamespy.com/e3/simson/
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.
  First Impression: The Sims Online http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/simsonline/preview_2762518.html
Preview from Gamespot on game. Reveals more on gameplay and also comments on graphics and differences from The Sims.
  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]
  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.
  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.
  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.]
  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]
  TSO Explosion http://www.angelfire.com/d20/tsoexplosion/
Includes screenshots and game information.
  Boycott to charging for Sims Online http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Qd3d
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.
  IMG News: Details, Concerns on Sims Online http://www.imgmagazine.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=2826
Article that comments on the Wall Street Journal article, 'Will life on the Web spoil the sims?'.

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