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Growing up with and growing out of The Sims

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  • Growing up with and growing out of The Sims

    For 17 years I have been in a relationship with one of the best-selling PC franchises of all time. As all relationships can be, ours has been turbulent, to say the least.
    I first played The Sims when I was seven. In the summer of 2000, a friend's big brother brought an unmarked, clearly illegitimate, CD-R to my house with a mysterious new game on it. Though intended as a present for my cousins, and not for me, I was intrigued by this curious gift, unassuming in its clear plastic sleeve.
    Popping the CD-R into our hulking, sun-yellowed PC was the start of a relationship which has lasted for the best part of two decades, for better and for worse. I was spellbound by The Sims from the moment I heard the first note of its smooth jazz score.
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