Thomas of PrimeTime Sims 2 emailed an intriging article of the 15 clearest Benefits of Gaming from Edge Online. He made a valid point that The Sims has the potential to fall any many categories. In fact, here are his words:
The argument could be made that The Sims falls into many of those categories. You can learn empathy from either your Sims (although some of us aren’t that empathetic to them) and dealing with other members of the community. It certainly has a distraction factor. Gaming literacy/problem solving sure. Creativity defiantly. Social most defiantly. I never talked to anyone online or many people at all until The Sims. Now they can’t shut me up.
In fact…He’s absolutely right! I too was the same way. I met so many people thru the game’s lifespan of 8 years – going on 9 now! Now only if it helped on my vocabulary and spelling, doh! They should include a dictonary in The Sims 3 😛
It feels weird to think it’s been almost a decade already. Funny, considering I originally purchased The Sims for a girl I used to babysit thinking oh it’s just a stupid computerized Barbie game for her to play to keep her busy, and then I ended up playing it more than she ever did and still am nearly a decade and countless friends later. Not bad for something I just grabbed off the store shelf as an impulse purchase with no real knowledge of it.