News about the Sims 2 keeps popping up every day, now it's almost released. There are just 17 days left until it's been released world-wide, which means a mass-load of reviews is bound to be written as well. For now it's still mostly previews though, of which one comes from IGN. The two-page article tells about the first week of Dan, Steve, Tom, Tal, and Jimmy living together in a house in StrangeTown. It's the first of a series of articles, which gives you an insight of what can be done with the Sims 2, without just listing the features. Interested in seeing (and reading) what a mess they made of it? Then read the article, or just watch the screenshots. Talking about screenshots, The Sims 2 Resource has posted 11 new screenshots of the game in their gallery for your viewing pleasure. If that's not enough and you want your computer to show the Sims 2 even when you're away from it from a chosen amount of minutes, then download this Japanese Screensaver. Click the link and then OK to download it (1.5 Mb), and then install it.

Last but not least, there's a show coming up on MTV in September, called Video Mods. It airs every other Saturday from 18 September onwards, at 6.30 pm PST (which is 9.30 pm EST) on MTV2. You will be able to listen to music while watching video games. And that's where the Sims 2 comes in; it's featured in a music video called "Stacey's Mom" by the Fountains of Wayne. Read more about that on the show's about page.