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Articles tagged "maxis" Moving PixelsExpansion Review: Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Packby Jamie Lynn Dunston[11.Dec.08] :. Tired of slapping together creatures with the same old parts from Spore’s original creature creator? EA hopes that the Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack will be a shot in the arm that you, the Spore junkie, will crave.  Multimedia ReviewSporeby Jamie Lynn Dunston[19.Sep.08] :. Ideally, Spore is more like a bucket of crayons than a copy of Candy Land -- it's a tool for creating, not a game to be won, lost, or even completed.  Multimedia ReviewSimCity Societiesby Jamie Lynn Dunston[27.Jun.08] :. Tilted Mill was so preoccupied with simplifying the game mechanics that they, in fact, made it too simple -- by disallowing failure, Societies is stripped of the joy of success.  Multimedia ReviewUrbz: Sims in the Cityby Zac Echola[1.Dec.04] :. If, in the electronic evolutionary chain, Tomagotchi are the first stage of pocket life, Urbz are Stanley Kubrick's ape witnesses to the monolith. Multimedia ReviewThe Sims 2by Jason Thompson[17.Nov.04] :. While The Sims was indeed fascinating, there was a bit too much 'unreality' and a strong sense of the mundane thrown in.  Multimedia ReviewThe Sims Onlineby Jason Thompson[19.Nov.03] :. Barnum would be proud of the whole enterprise and is undoubtedly smiling from his grave. |
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