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The Sims 5 Prototypes Give Us A Taste Of What’s Next For The Life Sim
27.6.2023
At Tuesday’s Behind the Sims stream, fans got another look at the hotly-anticipated sequel to popular life simulator The Sims 4, Project Rene, known colloquially as The Sims 5.Read more
This Roller Coaster Tycoon Map Will Take You 100 Million Years To Finish
26.6.2023
You might think you’re a skilled Roller Coaster Tycoon player. Perhaps you’ve built dozens or even hundreds of perfectly profitable parks. Or maybe you’ve beat every built-in scenario a dozen times. But your skills won’t help you with a new map designed to take millions of years to complete.Read...
AI bots mingled at a bar and had a party when researchers gave them a town
11.4.2023
25 AI "agents" were given a virtual town and were observed going to a bar for lunch, planning a party and expressing other human-like behavior
Tech Giant Globant Believes the Metaverse Will Have Its Make or Break Moment in 2023
21.2.2023
Globant, a Luxembourg-based tech giant with Argentine origins, has referred to the short-term future of the metaverse in its latest Tech Trends report. According to the company, this year the metaverse will “burn bright or burn out,” as it needs to show its potential when compared...
‘Ultra Sound’ Money — Simulation Shows Ethereum’s Inflation Rate Is Significantly Lower Using Proof-of-Stake
29.12.2022
Its been 105 days since Ethereum transitioned from a proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain to a proof-of-stake (PoS) network and the number of Ethereum validators is set to surpass 500,000 in 2023. According to metrics, Ethereum’s issuance rate of new coins has dropped considerably and only...
Chinese Government Releases VR Research Plan Including Metaverse and Odor Simulation
4.11.2022
The Chinese government has presented a plan of action regarding the inclusion of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in the lives of the Chinese people. The plan contemplates research of several technologies, including the development of an open metaverse platform for its citizens...
The Best Cozy Switch Games To Tap Out Of Your Daily Grind
11.7.2022
I know your mind is racing, so why don’t you sit down tonight with your Nintendo Switch and try out one of these six relaxing games? Read more
Minecraft Looks Beautifully Chill In Strategy Spin-Off Coming Next Year
12.6.2022
Minecraft is getting another spin-off in 2023. Mojang’s continual best-seller is now branching off into the strategy genre with Minecraft Legends, which looks bright and serene even as your knocking down enemy castle walls.Read more
Hey, It's Time To Show Some Love To Dwarf Fortress
9.6.2022
It’s time to pay the piper. Dwarf Fortress, the extraordinary, free roguelike that has blossomed into a total fantasy life simulator, was an inspiration for monoliths like Minecraft and Rimworld. It’s twenty years old this year, and due to come to Steam sometime soon. However, right now,...
The Latest Sims 4 Update Tries To Reckon With Its History Of Whitewashing
31.5.2022
A popular Sims 4 NPC family is at the center of a minor fan debate after getting an unexpected makeover, raising questions about The Sims’ complicated history of Eurocentric character design.Read more
Latest Sims 4 Update Adds Custom Pronouns For All
26.5.2022
A new Sims 4 update released yesterday added new pronoun options to the latest entry in EA’s long-running life simulator. With this update, players will be able to set their Sims’ pronouns, including completely custom ones, without the use of mods across all platforms that The Sims 4 is available...
The Sims 4 Announces Two New Kits, And I’m Here For It
19.5.2022
The Sims 4 seems intent on winning me back with its onslaught of kits, and its latest dual release just might do it.Read more
Gaming’s Best Character Creators, From Demon’s Souls To Final Fantasy
19.5.2022
Sometimes I think I like sliding into a character creator sandbox more than the game it’s attached to. Character creators let me play a benevolent god that only creates hot people—like Abercrombie in the 2010s, except I’m a socialist. I feel powerful and clever until I run smack into a wall:...
Pregnant Sim Trapped In The Walls For Months, Need I Say More?
29.4.2022
Hope Wallston—an ex-realtor, single mother, and blogger within The Sims 4— has been living inside of fellow Sims Rodney and Kristyn’s walls for nearly two months. Her captor, the TikTok account @simslicious, has been documenting all the ups and downs of her imprisonment, which includes a visit from...
The Latest Sims 4 Update Is Trolling Players With An Unexpected Demon
27.4.2022
Picture your worst nightmare. Really allow yourself to round out each gruesome detail. Feel your heart race, then step back to reflect on what you’ve created. I’m guessing it’s not a Sim with a cell phone, but somehow, developer Maxis has managed to turn that innocuous image into a menace to Sims...
XCOM 2, One Of The Best PC Strategy Games Ever Made, Is Currently Free
15.4.2022
XCOM 2 is very good. Some have even called it one of the best PC games ever made. Even if you don’t agree with that, it’s still an incredible strategy game pitting aliens against humans in a large-scale, global conflict. Now, via the latest Epic Games Store giveaway, you can get XCOM 2 for the...
The Best Dreamcast Games
11.4.2022
Here’s a terrifying fact: Sega has been out of the console business longer than they were in it. And while it was the Dreamcast that finally did the struggling giant in, for a platform that was only around for a couple of years it certainly left one hell of a legacy behind.Read more
Hell Yes, Kairosoft's Classic Management Games Are Now On Steam
29.3.2022
Readers, an occasional dabble with emulation and board game ports aside, I don’t normally play games on my phone. Ever. But over the years I have made one major concession and played the shit out of a series of management games released by Japanese studio Kairosoft.Read more
The Sims 4’s Wedding Expansion Is Not The DLC That Fans Boycotted For
25.2.2022
Well, this is a little bit embarrassing. After all the uproar The Sims 4 community raised over Electronic Arts not releasing the My Wedding Stories game pack in Russia, it turns out the expansion is too broken for players to enjoy. Some streamers are even advising fans to avoid buying the game pack...
Sims 4’s Queer-Friendly Wedding Expansion To Be Released In Russia After Community 'Outpouring'
17.2.2022
The Sims 4 community has been in an uproar ever since EA announced that the game’s imminent, queer-friendly wedding expansion would not be released in Russia due to the nation’s homophobic federal laws. Today, the publisher reversed its decision. My Wedding Stories will be released in Russia,...