G&C Podcast - Episode 270: The Games That Shaped Us #25: The Sims (2000)!

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the 2000 PC classic The Sims on gaming culture.

On this episode of the Gaming And Collecting Podcast Bill and Alex return with another entry in there "Games That Shaped Us" series, this time covering the 2000 PC classic The Sims created by EA and Maxis! Follow the Gaming And Collecting Podcast on all of our socials, easily found here: https://linktr.ee/Thebarberwhogames Intro Music By Gerry At: https://soundcloud.com/greymatteraudio Proud member of https://superpodnetwork.com/

People in this episode

Hosts: Bill, Alex

Topics covered

• The Sims
• video games
• game design
• gaming history
• cultural impact
• PC games

Keywords

• The Sims
• EA
• Maxis
• gaming history
• video games
• PC classic
• game design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EA, Maxis

Books & works: The Sims

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