EA has announced that the MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) The Sims Online will be shown at the "Bang the Machine: Computer Gaming Art and Artifacts" exhibit. It's a new exhibition about the history of computer games and their influence, as well as the "extraordinary relationship between interactive computer games and contemporary art". The exhibition in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco is held from 16 January until 4 April. EA will be hosting an event with Will Wright as guest speaker next friday, 16 January, from 6.30pm to 8.00pm. Sims fans will be able to get a 50% discount on the $12 entry fee, only on the opening night. The art center will be recreated in the online game, and the look of the game will be made physically in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. For more information, click this link.