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Simulators EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag A Kingdom for Keflings is getting a PC release 5 The first Xbox LIVE Arcade game with playable Avatars was NinjaBee's A Kingdom for Keflings, a quirky game about bossing around villagers as a giant and looking for hearts buried deep inside the ... Sim City meets Tetris in indie game City Rain 12 As Nick said way back in August of last year when he played City Rain, mashing the two distinct concepts together is "ridiculous enough that it actually works." The 2009 Independent Gam... Let's learn how to kiss the DS way with LovePlus 25 LovePlus is a dating sim. I'm sure you've played a few in the genre here and there, possibly with some inappropriate images scattered within. LovePlus brings that action to the DS, sans inappropr... Cities XL available on October 9 8 Monte Cristo has revealed that its massive sim, Cities XL, will release in North America on October 9. The game will be available as a digital download, including services Steam, Direct2Driv... Silent Hunter 5 announced, has epic trailer 18 Submarines scare the living hell out of me. I'm not overly claustrophobic, but the thought of being stuffed into a metal tube underwater, knowing that if anything goes wrong that I'm probably goi... How to make 1 million dollars in 6 weeks 19 Hey, you! Yea, you! Do want to make money quick? Do you want women, power and fast cars? Do you want to be snorting cocaine off a hooker within the next six weeks? Then all you need is "Dest... Monte Cristo launches Cities XL beta registration 6 Monte Cristo has announced that registration for the closed beta of its massive city builder/MMO, Cities XL, has opened. Head over to http://jointhebeta.citiesxl.com, answer a bunch of questions,... Interview: Monte Cristo's ultimate simulation title, Cities XL 9 On paper, Monte Cristo's upcoming PC title Cities XL sounds like like a wet dream for fans of simluation titles. Building on the foundations of and experience with their earlier titles like City ... Harvest Moon: Sugar Village shots for PSP spied in the wild 7 With twenty-five Harvest Moon titles under their belt, one must assume that Natsume is doing something right when it comes to the cute farming sim -- after all, someone must be buying them! PSP o... Virtual Peace 'better than shooting 'em up' 11 While most videogames are based around the idea of causing massive amounts of death, a team at Duke University is working on a game in which the goal is to save it. Virtual Peace is a simulation ... Atari NYC Media Day: Hands-on in the kitchen with What's Cooking? Jamie Oliver 15 Yesterday, Atari invited me out to their New York City offices to get some hands-on time with a number of games from their upcoming Fall 2008 slate of releases. Throughout the day, I’ll be ... My Little Baby DS: Play peekaboo by opening/closing your DS. I'm not joking 27 Seriously, I'm not joking. You can play peekaboo with your baby by opening and closing your DS and saying "peekaboo" into the DS mic.My Little Baby is a life simulation game where you r... Namco-Bandai announces the best DS game ever: National Geographic Panda! 24 I'd love to tell you I think pet simulators are below my maturity level, but as I said in last week's edition of RetroforceGo!, Nintendogs is a bit of a guilty pleasure -- and I'm not the only on... Games as murder simulators = laughable 158 Crack-a-Jack Thompson has been out in full force since the NIU shooting, going so far as to send tips to Destructoid and even join its community. It's very clear that the murders of youngsters ex... Trauma Center Tuesdays build the hype 9 Allow me to explain something about Trauma Center to you kind people. It is the only reason I have ever hurled my DS across the room (resulting in a small crack in the casing and copious tears fr... Bargain Bin Laden #15: Crimson Skies 26 Today we reach back to hallowed antiquity in a loosely related sort of way. Back in The Day I covered an oft-overlooked title for BBL called Sky Odyssey, and it's difficult to write up this w... Kick around kensei this fall in Kengo: Legend of the 9 for the Xbox 360 12 Let's face it -- samurai are pretty sweet. Not quite as sweet as ninja, but I'd never say this to a samurai's face, as (much like ninja) one wouldn't hesitate to kill me in an ins... Drunken, fighting robots -- and for once, not of the Destructoid variety 31 Sumotori Dreams is a necessary download, for everyone. It's free, it's under 100 kb, and it's fun, albeit in a horrendously flawed sort of way.The game is basically a sumo wrestling s... Gallery: New localized SimCity DS images 6 The last batch of SimCity DS images we posted were from Japan, which featured a tranny-looking ganguro girl among other oddities. Today we get a whole new look at what the game will be like stat... SXSW 07: Spore keynote on shakycam 16 Summa may have live blogged the Will Wright keynote, but it was extremely difficult for him to balance an HD camera on his foot while simultaneously fending off an ocean of milfs. Luckily, Matthe... Blow an entire SimCity (sans those pesky cold sores) 13 In addition to revealing that SimCity DS will be coming to America in summer 2007, Electronic Arts also dropped some interesting tidbits about how this new version of the c... EA reveals MySims for the Wii and DS 17 Today, the too-cute-for-words Wii Sims title that appeared in last November's issue of Famitsu has been officially announced by EA. Called MySims, the title is a brand new branch of the Sims ... Eidos announces Pony Friends for DS; children scream in delight everywhere 16 What is it with me and the cutesy DS announcements? First kittens and now PONIES? I'm being typecast, goddammit. This is not the stuff a real game journo is made of. I'M A WOMAN AND I ... SimCity DS: What's that thing doing there? 33 Konichiwa! EA has released new images of the Japanese version of SimCity DS, which appears to be an cutesy adaptation of Simcity 3000 on dual display with touch screen controls. The game is sche... Sims Stories: episodic standalones inbound 13 Episodic content isn't going away. No, it is instead leaking into all kinds of franchises and into the dirty minds of those that ruined the concept of "expansion pack" for everyone.... Bargain Bin Laden #2: Sky Odyssey 13 Pilotwings has been painfully absent from our hearts and minds for more than ten years. The last we saw the series was Pilotwings 64, a launch title that was sadly overshadowed by the irrefutable... EA announces The Sims 2 Seasons 9 EA is launching a significant upgrade to the Sims 2 weather system -- and you're paying for it! Yes, here comes yet another irresistable taxation to expand on one the best machinima engines e... Euros can browse porn on their Wii starting Dec. 23 16 In just a few short weeks, you, yes you will be able to view candid beaver shots like a good lil' boy (or girl) on your Nintendo Wii. Clearly what Nintendo had in mind when they decided to of... Update! New photos of cutesy Wii Sims 23 Admittedly, at least half us repelled in disgust at the sight of the new Sims on the Wii. And yet, look at this new image of a skully-wearing duck-mouthed bastard before you. I totally want to be... TomKat wedding less insane in digital form 5 If you're like me, you've made a habit of insulting high ranking members of The Church of Scientology, and were banned from attending the wedding of Tom "Couch Stomper" Cruise... Game Debate to the Death! 11/21/06 16 Last week 's game debate put the Wii against the PS3, and Dtoid readers made their choice:Nintendo Wii: 60 votes (Winner)Sony PlayStation 3: 13 votesThere's no way I could read those Dtoi... Game Debate to the Death! 11/21/06 16 Last week 's game debate put the Wii against the PS3, and Dtoid readers made their choice:Nintendo Wii: 60 votes (Winner)Sony PlayStation 3: 13 votesThere's no way I could read those Dtoi... The Wii Sims game will have ... Miis?!! 22 What do you get when you breed Animal Crossing and The Sims? Perhaps a rush of mixed feelings, such as utter disgust and curious excitement. In a very surprising turn of events, it appears EA has... EA selling Sims 2 holiday decorations 7 So if you're short of holiday ideas for gamers you hate, give them the gift of last year's rehash! The original Sims game has enjoyed a multitude of quality expansion packs (House party... Taito's Bullet Train game gets Wii controller 4 All-are-bored!!! 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