![]() ![]() When you have a big game that's been around for 22 years like The Sims, one that's sold all over the world, you kind of have to make your game appeal to as wide an audience as it can. SUMMERS: The developers of The Sims have stated that this is a feature that cannot be turned off, stating - and I'm quoting here - "LGBTQIA+ identities are a fact of life and not a toggle to be switched on and off." Ash, how unique is it for a developer to take a position like this in this industry? You can also change how they express romantic and sexual attraction, whereby they can express romantic attraction, but not sexual attraction, sexual attraction without romantic attraction or both. So you can create a Sim, and you can designate that this person is attracted to men and/or women. With this new update, players now have the ability to control how and with whom they express their sexuality. It wasn't something that you could control. This was something that was behind the scenes. ![]() And baked into this code is the ability for Sims of any gender to form relationships with Sims of any other gender. ![]() PARRISH: So one of the revolutionary things about The Sims is that baked into its code - remember this game was released back in 2000, so it's a 22-year-old game. For those who maybe have not played this game, tell us about how relationships work in The Sims. SUMMERS: So I have played The Sims, but it has been a little bit. And a new update to The Sims 4 expands what kind of relationships are possible, especially when it comes to sexual orientation and romantic attraction.Īsh Parrish is a video games reporter for The Verge and is here to talk more about what this means for The Sims and its players. Sims cook, clean, go to work and form relationships with other Sims. That is especially true for a video game like The Sims, a life simulator where the characters look and act like real people. And that can be an act of self-expression. In video games, players often have the ability to control the way their characters look and how they behave. ![]()
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