Tag: Life Sim

Finally, a game that captures the best part of my old book store job: making the perfect book rec

Finally, a game that…

I worked as a bookseller for about half a decade. My favorite part of the job was when people…
Cozy hobbit game Tales of the Shire won me over with a subtly brilliant feature I’ve never seen in a farm life sim before

Cozy hobbit game Tales…

A 30-minute demo with Tales of the Shire at Summer Game Fest last week confirmed what was, uh, never…
Maxis canceled The Sims in the ’90s, but it was saved by an unlikely hero: Electronic Arts

Maxis canceled The Sims…

A world without The Sims is hard to imagine: countless virtual homes unbuilt, countless bizarre challenges unplayed, countless Sims…
Eric Barone doesn’t want to ‘reveal much yet,’ but Stardew Valley’s 1

Eric Barone doesn’t want…

It looks like Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone may be getting up to his old shenanigans again, and by…
The Stanley Parable developer’s next game is a cozy tea shop game where you have some trauma to process, actually

The Stanley Parable developer’s…

At first glance, Wanderstop looks like exactly the kind of cozy shop sim game I'm used to: Main chracter…
Absolutely everything you need to know about romance and marriage in Fields of Mistria

Absolutely everything you need…

Fields of Mistria romance walkthrough Meet the marriage candidates At first, there are 10 eligible singles among your new…
A delightfully-detailed, Discworld-inspired inn manager with absurd furniture customisation stashed in the larder: Tavern Keeper enters early access this year

A delightfully-detailed, Discworld-inspired inn…

Game Dev Tycoon was a bit of a phenomenon back in the day. Released in 2012, Greenheart Games' first…
As the Sims 4 continues to buckle under the weight of over $1,200 worth of DLC, EA has ‘assembled a team’ to focus on bug fixes

As the Sims 4…

Buckle up Simmers, we're (hopefully) on the cusp of some meaty fixes for The Sims 4. As EA continues…
Fields of Mistria’s cast has me head over heels in a way no farm sim has since Stardew Valley

Fields of Mistria’s cast…

I can turn an overgrown property into an industrial vineyard in a single year no problem. I’ve done it…
Jake Solomon’s upcoming life sim will create a cast of characters for you in a way that almost sounds like Dwarf Fortress

Jake Solomon’s upcoming life…

Former XCOM lead and pillar of strategy games Jake Solomon announced this week that he's co-founded a new studio…