How The Sims Evolved From a Virtual Building Game to a Cultural Phenomenon
When the year 2000 marked the beginning of a new millennium, boy bands and pop artists topped the music charts. Meanwhile, the International Space Station received its initial team of inhabitants. On our planet, television took a turn as well when CBS introduced a groundbreaking season with the debut of a pioneering set of participants on their reality program "Survivor." Survivor — all this occurred when over 70% of Americans did not possess a cellphone and merely half of U.S. homes had a computer. Phil Salvador, who serves as the library director for the Video Game History Foundation, looked back at this period marked by swift technological advancements. "Back when you were into particularly computer games, you likely played them on the family PC," Salvador mentioned. During an era of rapid advancement in gaming hardware, popular titles such as Halo and various first-person shooter games gained prominence. However, a particular game development firm ...