The Sims (Mac)

Pros: engaging; lots of options to keep you playing
Cons: needs a lot of RAM; requires CD to play

The Sims is like playing doll house for adults. Sounds simple and boring when I put it that way, doesn't it? Don't be fooled though; The Sims is one of the most engaging and addictive games I've ever played. I've always been a fan of Maxis' simulation...

Pros: Highly addictive, lots of fun, keeps you busy for hours.
Cons: Highly addictive, lots of fun, keeps you busy for hours.

I had to do it. They wouldn't leave me alone. Damn Husband and kids!

Feed me Mommy, Honey let's go to a show, can we go to the park?, have you done any laundry?

Geezzzz! LEAVE ME ALONE!

Can't they see I am busy...

Pros: Addictive, fun, amusing, and user friendly!
Cons: Very time consuming...

Ok, stay tuned at the end for my own experience with the best game ever made. But first, what is it?

The Sims is very simple, really. You control a neighborhood, and fill that neighborhood with people. Sound easy? But wait, there's...

Pros: incredible detail, so much fun
Cons: too addictive!

Alright, so I'm not married yet, so technically I don't have a husband in real life. But in The Sims, my honey Tom and I are already married and living in a big house with wonderful jobs and all the comforts a bundle of simoleons can...

Pros: Easy to learn, fun to play
Cons: Can be very addicting

The Sims is a computer game played on Windows. You create a family. You can choose the name, male or female, light or dark skin, clothes, face, personality, and choose if it's an adult or a child. Once you have your family created you choose which...

Pros: Great graphics, funny sound effects, addictive
Cons: Can turn into an obsession

After I read the first several opinions about 'The Sims', I knew I had to stretch my credit card a bit further and get it.
My Simdiction began many years ago with one of the first versions of 'Sim City' on a Commodore 64. In between sessions with...

Pros: Innovative, decent graphics (for such a simple game).
Cons: It gets boring really easy.

Yes, I know The Sims has been out for some time now, but that's besides the point. I remember getting it when it first came out (totally legally, mind you, *ahem*), and I was pretty impressed with it. But how could I not be? This is Maxis we're...

Pros: Endless possibilites, very realistic, many aspects, much more....
Cons: nothing really.

The Sims is a new revolutionary game from, you guessed it; Maxis. The people who brought you Sim City, Sim This, Sim That, now brings you a different kind of game, one that requires more than just strategy. What you do is you build a family, everything...

Pros: Endless Game Play
Cons: Very Time Consuming

Have you ever had an addiction? You know, something that pulls at you all day and makes you long for it... Something that haunts you in your dreams and consumes most of your thoughts. For a lot of people something like cigarettes, alcohol or drugs is...

Pros: Clever, challenging game
Cons: Made me late for work twice.

Ah, the thrill of playing creator. It’s why I love writing fiction, and it’s what attracted me to The Sims.

In this delightful game, you micro-manage the lives of all the people in a neighborhood. The game allows you to create characters...

Pros: Fun, semi realistic game of getting by in the "real" world
Cons: Time consuming, some features don't work quite right

After reading about this program in several of the computer gaming mags and listening to many of my friends carry on about how cool it was, I at last started looking into getting myself a copy of it. As it turned out, a friend of mine gave me the thing,...

Pros: Easy game to understand and play, Brings out the best in your imagination
Cons: No weekends, can't leave your house to visit friends, and then in the game...

It wasn't my fault. Lets just get this straight. I didn't buy this game. He did! Ok.. so he bought it for me, since I said that it looked fun, but he still bought it. For my birthday last October, he picked up the original copy of...

Pros: You can use your imagination and its lots of fun.
Cons: Time passes so quickly when playing you become addicted

I came upon the Sims game about a year ago. I have heard a lot about it but since I have tried other Sim type games and did not care for them I was afraid to spend the money for this game.

I used to sit and talk with a friend on the phone...

Pros: Very detailed, great graphics
Cons: Artificial constraints, sloppy Sims

When I was little, my favorite toy was my Fisher Price Little People. I loved managing their little lives. As an adult, I fell in love with the Sim games. However, with each of the games, I always felt something was missing. Each game allowed me to...

Pros: fun even for adults, easy to learn
Cons: needs better sound, your Sims can be stubborn

My New Toy

Several of my friends had been plugging this game to me for some time telling me how fun it was to play. Finally I mentioned it to my fiance' and he got it for me for Christmas.

I immediately opened it and...