• Yahtzee woolgathers on and around The Sims 3

    Devin Coldewey

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    Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

    In this pleasantly digressive meta-review, Zero Punctuation examines not only the newest Sims game, but the psyche of the player and the sinister commercialism pervading EA’s latest money-printer. His observation that many items you’d think would be standard (pool table, jacuzzi) are not in the game is not surprising: doubtless a “party pack” is forthcoming, right before the next 20 packs of items they’ve already made and could have included.

    It’s evil in many ways, and I won’t be taking part in it.

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