{"id":1115192,"date":"2026-01-30T09:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-sims-25th-anniversary-retrospective"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:37:25","slug":"on-the-sims-25th-birthday-lets-celebrate-the-weird-and-wacky-original-that-breathed-life-into-a-genre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/on-the-sims-25th-birthday-lets-celebrate-the-weird-and-wacky-original-that-breathed-life-into-a-genre\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Sims&#8217; 25th birthday, let&#8217;s celebrate the weird and wacky original that breathed life into a genre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/on-the-sims-25th-birthday-lets-celebrate-the-weird-and-wacky-original-that-breathed-life-into-a-genre.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>If, like me, you&#8217;ve been playing <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/video-game-franchises\/the-sims\">The Sims<\/a> since more or less the very beginning, odds are good you were quite a small child when the first game came out, right? 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