Re:Why Sims Failed (Score 1)

"I was a pretty regular UO player for a while, also an EA game, and if there's one thing I can remember more than anything it's how much we all made fun of The SIMS players."

I'm not sure that anyone who calls themselves a "regular UO player" is in any position to make fun of someone else, SIMS player or not. The "regular," i.e. daily, UO players that I know personally have all suffered from work-related, financial, and social difficulties due to their game-playing. We know that all people who play MMORPGs are not necessarily addicts who can't bring themselves to go to work in the morning, but I think any RPG player does know one or two. As far as the "anti-MMORPG" articles popping up, have you ever flipped on the TV at night and watched the news? The press reports on bad news much more than they do on good news. MMORPGs are a relatively new concept and these articles do the best they can to describe them and the ramifications that they can have on the people who play. If EQ is simply a computer game, then why is there such thing as an "EQ Widows" group?