Jeff Green’s thoughts on The Sims 10th Anniversary While he was only with The Sims team for a year and from what he tells, only had 1 piece of text used in MySims Agents it makes me sad to know that we won’t get any of his witty humor.* If you never followed him as the editor for the Computer Gaming World magazine or his work from 1UP, then you missed a few good laughs!* Either way, Jeff shares his thoughts about the 10th Anniversary of The Sims, as well as his love for the classic SimTower (it’s a great game, but I was horrible at it!) Like many gamers, I never could keep up with the bazillion different expansion packs and stuff packs and the like, and I suspect that’s where they lost some folks, too.* What’s the old saying?* It’s hard to miss you if you never go away.* But, funnily enough, when I realized in 2008 that I wanted to get out of the game journalism racket, and made a short list of the game companies I might like to work at, Maxis/EA was right at the top of the list, along with Blizzard.** Of all the series I could imagine working on, The Sims bubbled up right to the top because it felt to me like the one that had the most humor, the most freedom,* and that, when all was said and done, was a benign force for good in the world, a happy and charming game that rewarded intelligence and creativity.** It was a series I truly believed in. Continue on over at EA Share and Enjoy: Related posts: Jeff Green of 1Up leaves to join The Sims Team Kotaku Talk Radio report of their ‘10th Anniversary Sims Special’ Jeff Green: “MySims is like a kids game…mixed with Saw 4″
