You'll find every suburban aspiration that will fit on an orthogonal lot - along with the odd abstract experiment

摘要

The Sims, the most successful computer game franchise in history, was once a doll's house. Tethering its virtual people almost exclusively to the boundaries of their home lots, the player could only really engage with their interior lives, generating gaming from toilet habits, punctuality, cleanliness and communal living. The act of play was akin to being a scientist poking at rats in a maze - remote interaction via a mouse pointer and the artificiality of imposed spatial limits, however homely you attempted to make their cages.