GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Sims--a seemingly simple strategy game in which you control the lives of little computerized people known as "sims"--is reportedly the ...

Properly called Lifetime Aspiration Benefits, superpowers are new abilities you can apply to Sims to make their lives easier, and/or give them special commands that only they can use. These don't ...

Control a cast of characters and tell your own stories in The Sims 2. Create your Sims, give them personalities, and see what trouble they get themselves into. Directly control every move they make, ...

After six years and numerous games on the PC, home consoles, and handheld game machines, the self-aware little computer people known as the Sims may be wearing out their welcome if the console version ...

The Sims series has always been an entirely flexible experience: Do you want to ruin your Sims’ lives or help them flourish? Do you want to raise a successful family or build lavish mansions?

The year is 2006. I'm just six years old, sitting in my older brother's room on a hot summer day in Bosnia and Herzegovina. "Is it ready?" I try to peer over his shoulder as he configures The Sims 2 ...