Continuing with the explosion of all things Sims currently in the UK media, Thursday's edition of the Guardian newspaper had two articles of interest. Luckily enough, both are available online as well. :) The more interesting of the two is a feature written by Rhianna Pratchett (who normally writes for PC Zone magazine over here), and it's a brief look at all things to do with the game. Here's a taster:

'When the bespectacled gaming entrepreneur Will Wright tentatively announced to Wired magazine in 1994 his plans to build a game based around the architectural creation of an average family home, no one, save perhaps Wright himself, thought that such a game would take off. As the years passed, technology caught up with the dream and, in 2000, that embryo of an idea was released by Wright's development house, Maxis, in the form of The Sims, a real-time strategy game where players created and furnished a house, while looking after the needs of a virtual family.'

Want to read more? Click here then. The other thing is a review of The Sims Unleashed, where they give it four stars out of a possible five. If you wish to read it, look at the bottom of this page.