The Urbz: Sims in the CityGBA

Feature Digital Doppelgangers - Home Vs. Handheld Adaptations In The 2000s

To Urbz is human

When I was working on my MFA in Game Design, I referenced Urbz: Sims in the City in a meeting with my thesis advisor, and he asked if I had played the console or the handheld version. I was confident that I’d played the console version growing up. I could recall the memory quite clearly—sitting against a study pillow on my...

• Sun 31st Dec 2023
• Features
• Retro
• Nintendo
• Best of 2023

Memory Pak The Exquisite Weirdness Of The Sims: Bustin' Out

Ah, the 2000s

I've always loved house-building, life-simulating game The Sims. I was on the bandwagon from day one, ever since meeting the tutorial family, Bob and Betty Newbie, and finding out that they could make a baby by kissing back-and-forth for hours. Just like real life, of course. Life most people, I would spend hours and hours building...

• Sun 8th Aug 2021
• Memory Pak
• Features
• Retro
• The Sims
• Best of 2021