For many neurodiverse people, ’The Sims’ has been a lifelong comfort - CNN
▻https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/18/us/sims-autism-adhd-video-games-community-wellness-cec/index.html
(CNN)Life would be much more simple with a few directions. A status bar, for instance, to remind you to take care of yourself. Perhaps a few clues about other people’s intentions. Oh, and it wouldn’t hurt to have a place to experiment with it all, free from real-world consequences and the awkwardness of choices gone wrong.
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The notion that “The Sims” offers a neater, easier version of our own world is built into the game’s DNA. Game creator Will Wright lost his home in California’s 1991 Oakland-Berkeley firestorm. While rebuilding, he was moved to consider what life was really made of. A series of needs to be met? Items to own? People to love?
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