Complexity Digest 2003.02 - 02.01

13-Jan-2003

'Sims Online' Offers Surprises for the Sociable,, Reuters Bookmark and Share

Excerpts: ``The Sims Online'' may look like ``The Sims'' games, but it's a vastly different product because all the characters in the online game are controlled by real people. You can speak to them, you can relate to them, and you can role-play with them. It's like having a secret life in a world that is, for many reasons, friendlier than our own.(...) Then it's time to select a fictitious virtual city to live in (...), describe some likes/dislikes of your character, and choose a figure to represent yourself.