Disambiguation:
– The Sims Online, a defunct MMORPG
– The Sims, an EA/Maxis single-player game
– The Sims 2, an EA/Maxis single-player game
– The Sims 3, an EA/Maxis single-player game
– The Sims 4, an EA/Maxis single-player game
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Colony sim Seed aims to simulate life whether you’re logged in or not
What do you get when you mash up Rimworld, The Sims, and EVE Online? Probably a big mess, but adjacent to that mess somewhere...
The ultimate guide to The Game Archaeologist’s MMO archives
When we moved over here to Massively Overpowered, some of us transplanted our long-running columns to the new space. I perhaps felt most devastated...
EA has put the kibosh on a player-run Battlefield emulator – are MMOs next?
We don't cover the Battlefield games much on Massively OP, but this particular story caught my attention anyway because of the company and subject...
Massively Overthinking: Is open-world housing really a ‘failed’ MMORPG experiment?
Massively OP's Justin Olivetti has a provocative article on his personal gaming blog, Bio Break, this week on MMORPG housing.
"I once again wonder why...
Secret World Legends fan recreates Franklin Mansion in The Sims 4
Today we want to give a shout-out to Massively OP reader Katriana for a really neat project that she shared recently! A Secret World...
The Game Archaeologist: Furcadia
Let's face it: There isn't really a huge pool of MMORPGs from the 1990s to explore in this column. By now I have done...
The Sims Online emulator project deals with the inevitable cease-and-desist from EA
It looks like any hopes of a Sims Online resurrection as a fan emulator project might be put to rest for good. The creator of...
The Daily Grind: Was The Sims Online a good idea done badly?
As a gamer, I have many regrets that certain projects never came to fruition or the ones that did ended up not being quite...
The Sims Online emulator might be launching soon
In just two weeks, a long-forgotten social MMORPG might be making a comeback. The team behind FreeSO, a Sims Online emulator, announced on Twitter yesterday...
Sims Online emulator’s test server sees strong community interest
The underground revival of The Sims Online is seeing marked interest from the community, as players are checking out the current FreeSO beta. In...
Here’s how intimacy and marriage work in Revelation Online
Did you know that you can get married in Revelation Online? You can! It's part and parcel of the game's intimacy system, which is...
Battle Bards Episode 93: It’s a madhouse!
It’s taken this long, but the Battle Bards have gone completely and irreversibly insane in the membrane! Today the team cracks open the door...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that walk on the weird side
In third grade, my teacher sent home a report card with the note that "Justin is wonderfully strange." Ever since then, I never found the...
New Sims Online emulator shifts from open to closed beta following excessive player demand
'Tis the season for emulators! Think back to 2002 MMORPG The Sims Online, what our own Justin Olivetti once called "an interesting failed experiment"...
Battle Bards Episode 86: World of Warcraft: Legion
With all of the unbridled love for World of Warcraft’s soundtrack on Battle Bards, historically, you know that we couldn’t let a new expansion...
Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do
No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs better the second time you play them?
Whenever someone makes a statement like "video games are better the second time you play them," my gut reaction is "nuh-uh!" That's exactly the...
Perfect Ten: The worst-squandered IPs in online gaming
There are always going to be differences in opinion about what should be done with an IP based upon a franchise. That's just natural....
Jukebox Heroes: Great tunes from dead MMOs
When a beloved MMORPG is canceled, it doesn't entirely vanish without a trace. After all, there are thousands (if not millions) of eyewitnesses with...
Children of Ur adds skills and buffs to its alpha
What's a Glitch remake without a hearty dose of skills and buffs? A poor remake, that's what! Fortunately for Children of Ur, the TinySpeck-sanctioned...
