Articles on Sims

Save Sky Eclipse, crasher of sims: SL Jira VWR-2281 - Sep 4, 2007

Blogs Second Life user Sky Eclipse has a problem: something about their account or their avatar causes the sim they are in to crash. The sim they are in crashes as soon ... Read story »

Virtual home calls for equally intangible Ikea furnishings - May 23, 2008

Crave I don't know how many of you still play the Sims 2, but if you are, here's something to add to the clutter in your virtual home--Ikea furniture. The expansion pack ... Read story »

Joule uses sunlight and CO2 to make liquid fuel - Jul 28, 2009

Crave Using sunlight, CO2, and genetically engineered microorganisms, Joule Biotechnologies says it can make liquid fuels or chemicals directly. Startup Joule Biotechnologies is sort of a mashup of the fuels, solar, ... Read story »

"Sims 3" ready for prime time - Jun 4, 2009

Crave 'The Sims 3' launches officially on June 2. Start saving simoleans, everyone: "The Sims 3" has finally launched. The latest full iteration of the famous "Sims" franchise--"The Sims" launched in ... Read story »

Steering wheel for serious iPhone racers - Aug 6, 2009

Crave What can I say? I'm a sucker for racing sims. I'm not what you'd call a fan of chintzy, plastic, snap-on video game peripherals. I've enough plastic guitars and controllers ... Read story »

Will Apple offer ratings for iPhone games? - Jun 11, 2009

Crave A screenshot from the iPhone version of The Sims 3, one of thousands of games available for the Apple smartphone. Most iPhone games are clearly appropriate for all audiences: Puzzles, ... Read story »

Creative focused on Zii as a platform - Dec 2, 2009

Features Even with the announcement of its Android-capable smartphone platform Trinity, the company does not intend to make one for commercial sale. Read story »

Will Creative's Zii conquer the world? - Dec 4, 2009

Crave Can Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo's vision cover the world? Those following our coverage of the Zii Summit will notice that it was held in Shenzhen, China. It would probably have ... Read story »

Nokia's Aeon concept gets cloned in China, sells for US$96 - Sep 2, 2009

Crave There's simply nothing the Chinese can't do. Currently listed on online wholesaler ExportSupermart is the Nokia Aeon Clone F168. No, we didn't get the name wrong and it's not even ... Read story »

Design your own shirt with ShirtsMyWays just like The Sims - Dec 7, 2009

Crave I've been told more than once that skills learned from video games don't really translate to the real world. To those who have told me this, I can only say: ... Read story »

Nokia to offer mobile financial services - Aug 31, 2009

Crave The world's largest phone-maker has announced that it will set up a new mobile financial service early next year. This is based on US mobile payment solutions provider Obopay's platform and ... Read story »

Meet the Wiimote-ready baby doll - Nov 5, 2009

Crave Talk about shades of Cabbage Patch Kids. The rather unsettling Baby and Me Wii game brings baby to life in a child-rearing sim that not only ships with a Wiimote-ready ... Read story »

Wii Fit Plus bundle to cost US$100 and land on Oct 4 - Sep 2, 2009

Crave Released in May 2008, Wii Fit has proven to be one of Nintendo's evergreen juggernauts. The third-best-selling non-PC game in the US in 2008 with 4.53 million units sold, Nintendo's ... Read story »

Spore to evolve into a feature film - Oct 8, 2009

Crave A branching out of the Spore universe is in keeping with EA's desire to extend the game into the kind of open-ended brand The Sims has become. The pseudo-Darwinian life ... Read story »

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