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361. Will Wright Interview

Written on Thursday 10 February 2005 at 22:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Spanish site MeriStation has posted an interview with Will Wright. In the interview he talks about why he's at a presentation of the Nintendo DS. That was first and foremost to promote the Urbz on the DS, but also to hold a lecture about Will's vision on the evolution of games. Wright's been in the industry since he created Raid on Bungeling Bay in 1985, and he's seen games develop and improve over the years. The DS is a jump forward again with the new features, and Will hopes that the platform will give videogames more variety that's necessary in the industry. The platform should attract both adults and youngsters, as it's easily accessible. Even people who aren't usually able to enter the complex world of videogames but are more easily hooked to games like Snake or Solitaire are able to use the DS and play games on it. Wright also comments on Nintendo that it has the capacity to innovate, and that they are very eager to create something different. But there's a lot more he has to say... Read More!

362. New Poll

Written on Thursday 10 February 2005 at 01:32 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As normal, there's a new poll up this week. This time we'd like to know what you think of the Maxoids, the people who brought you the Sims and SimCity. If you've got an opinion about them, vote on the right or the latest poll page.

Last week the poll was all about e-mail, and now the results are in we can confirm most e-mails sent by Sims are about "their crushes and romances, careers, and all the things that happen to them." That option was chosen for by 36 of the 128 voters (28.4%). A lot of them (22%) don't email though. Spam is a plague in SimCity too, with 15% of the e-mails being nothing but junk, and 11% tells others about how repetative life is getting. 10.2% Writes about their dreams, followed by nothing but spaces at 9.5%. Only 4% mails about a video game, that's all about being the mayor of a virtual city. See the result page for details.

363. University Info and Artwork

Written on Tuesday 8 February 2005 at 15:47 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Some new information, as well as an artwork about the Sims 2 University has appeared on two fansites. The first, Simy.pl, has released a new artwork of a Sim behind a drum set. You can see it below - click the thumbnail to see a larger version. The new information comes from Snooty Sims. They've translated a french article that reveals some new things. The information is mostly old, but finally all the majors your Sims can follow at University are revealed: Psychology, Theatre, Art, Philosophy, Biology, Economy, Literature, Mathematics, History, Physics and Politics. It's also said that students can switch major until the last semester (of the fourth year). Instead they can change their aspiration track. The universities that ship with the game also got names: "LaTour Academy", "Faculty Fiesta" and "the National University of SimState" (these names are translated from the French article, and may be different in the actual version of the game). Of course you can create your own campuses from scratch as well. The information comes from a feature list on the official French site.

364. New Beginnings Contest Winners Announced

Written on Saturday 5 February 2005 at 01:22 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has announced the winners of the New Beginnings Contest. Aprylhalbrooks14 has won it with her "New You" film. Limbo1n and decorgal were runners-up with their creations "New Beginnings" and "The Resolution". The movies are available for download now from the contest winners page. They might be quite big, especially for dial-up users. Congratulations to the winners and runners-up!

365. The Sims Five Years Old

Written on Saturday 5 February 2005 at 00:36 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

This week the Sims has turned 5. The first version was released early February 2000, and now we're 5 years, 7 expansions, a sequel, 3 console games and 2 handheld games further. The Sims is the most successful franchise on the PC ever, as the first game has sold more copies than any other PC game before. Although official sites don't seem to be mentioning it, we do. Congratulations to Will Wright, Maxis and EA with this!

366. SimDay [Update]

Written on Thursday 3 February 2005 at 20:54 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

This week's SimDay brings a few new things. The first is the winning of an AIAS award by the Sims 2. The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has awarded the game as best simulation game of 2004. Last year Maxis won two AIAS awards as well, for Bustin' Out and Superstar. Furthermore there's news of an interview with Will Wright on The Onion. The website interviewed Will about creating the Sims and SimCity series. He talks about how he gets inspired, but also about things he's tried but never worked out very well, and how SimAnt more or less turned into the Sims:

"There was a little simulation of a guy who lived in the house who would sit and watch television, get food from the fridge, mow the lawn, stuff like that. I realized at the end of SimAnt that the simulation we built for the ants was almost more intelligent than for the guy, because the guy was being done using traditional programming, whereas the ants were done using this distributed environmental intelligence of the pheromone trails. I began wondering, could we build a more robust simulation of human behavior if we adopted this ant model, where we distribute the intelligence not through the agents, but through the environment? Then I started experimenting with some techniques, and that got the ball rolling for The Sims."

To read the rest of the article, which mentions a lot more than just that, head over to the special. Finally there's a link to yesterday's preview, which we've already mentioned here.

[Update 4 February, 23:30] SimDay Part 2 has been posted as well, with two new things. The first is a survey about the Urbz. If you got the game, you can let Maxis know what you think of it. It's quite possible they will use the information for future games. Remarkable is the mention of the Urbz 2 during the survey. There have been some rumours about this title already, and although the survey in no way confirms it it's not any less likely now. The second thing is a new Valentine's Day look for MySim Pages. If you're feeling romantic you can apply it to yours, or you can check out MaxoidMonkey's page for a preview.

367. The Llama Is Still Gone (New Poll)

Written on Thursday 3 February 2005 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week 210 people told us where the Llama had gone to, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be helping much. Answers to last week's poll varied a lot, although "Off to see the wizard" was the most comon one, with 30% of the votes. "Gone to be sheared to make a woolly sweater" got 16.7%, which is a second place along with "College". Other options including the Zoo (11.4%), Strangetown (10%), Wisconsin (6.2%), Africa (4.8%) and AFK (4.3%) are less popular places for Llamas apparantly. This concludes last week's research about that, see the results page for an overview of the results.

This week we want to know what topics Sims send e-mails about to their friends. Let us know and vote on the right or on the latest poll page. The poll will run for one week as usual.

368. Will Wright Interview

Written on Wednesday 2 February 2005 at 14:18 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As mentioned last week, the official UK site would be interviewing Will Wright. Users posted questions on the forums, and Will Wright has answered quite a few of them. He tells his aspiration is Knowledge, that he doesn't play the Sims games too much anymore, and how it happens to be that relatively many females work at Maxis, compared to other studios. His inspiration for games come from books, as he says. Even SPORE, mentioned here (on this site) first, is briefly mentioned, but no details are given:

"Where did they find that out? I am working on something, we don't know what the real name is going to be though."

"So that's the game you're working on with the smaller team?"

"Yeah, when Maxis moved I kept a separate group, we pulled out of Maxis and we moved two months ago from Walnut Creek to Emeryville, so we have our own little satellite studio now."

The last bit of that quote is news, as it seems that Maxis has now completely left its place of birth, Walnut Creek. In other answers Wright gives some information about the influence of fans in the development of the Sims and SimCity, and finally, Will explains why the company mascot are Llamas (also see our current poll). You can read the entire interview for more detailed answers from the man behind the Sims.

369. More Details after Chat

Written on Saturday 29 January 2005 at 18:05 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Although last Thursday's chat brought in quite some new information about the Sims 2 University, there were a few people disappointed that their questions didn't get answered. MaxoidHunter has answered a few more questions in the official BBS. Here's what he said:

• "There are career reward objects around campus, you just need to know where to find them. :)
• "No locks on rooms other than dorm doors, but we know you guys want them.
• "You can only associate one of each college with each home neighborhood. There's no limit, though to the number of different neighborhoods you can associate a college with.
• "You can invite non-family members to visit you in college.
• "Some majors you might not know about: "Drama, Art, Biology, Literature, Mathematics...." There are more, though. ;)"

As History, Political Economy and (Plastic) Surgery were already known, we now know 8 of the 11 majors that will be included in the game. The names of the known ones might, due to translations, differ a bit though. See this thread for the new post by MaxoidHunter, with thanks to SimsZone for the link.

370. Aspyr needs Beta Testers for Sims 2

Written on Saturday 29 January 2005 at 17:55 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

If you own a Mac computer and would like to try the Sims 2 before it's out on that platform, there now is a chance for you to do so. Aspyr, developer and publisher of the Mac version, is looking for beta testers. Your system must meet the minimum requirements, and you must submit these along with some personal details to Maxis. More information about the game can be found on this site, and details of where to send your application to can be found in this thread in the TheSimsResource forums.