Never Mind the Whores; Throw Out the Academics

Check out this incredibly interesting news story in the Independent about how The Sims Online has turned into an exemplar of pretty much everything awful that arises in human societies. A quote:

On the one hand, Maxis is close to losing control over their game world. [The Sims Online] is a positively Brechtian world of violence, flim-flammery, and low-down dirty tricks. On the other hand, Maxis acts like a classic despot, using its powers to single out individual critics for the dungeons and the firing squads.

Any of you jefftidball.com readers played The Sims Online and have any insight to share?

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