The Sims 100 million sold

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Talk about an addiction, gamers world-wide love their Sims! Electronic Arts has announced that The Sims has sold over 100 million units since its launch in February 2000. This is the second franchise to cross the 100 million mark, the first being the Mario franchise. The Sims is not only the #1 selling PC game of all-time, it’s also #2 selling global game across all platforms.

The third Sims title will be launching in 2009. After 7 expansions, the question that remains in my head is, is it possible for this franchise to jump the shark? I would have said this series did long ago, but apparently there are millions of gamers both male and female that disagree with me. Personally I’d rather be spending my time building and destroy cities than controlling lives in a virtual form. 😉

The Whackness: Re-living 1994

Its hard posting movie stuff on StuffWeLike – while we know something about our readership, we never know if stuff WE like, is stuff YOU like.

 ‘The Whackness’, a Sony Pictures Classic Release, caught my attention because it has a universal theme we ALL like (or not) getting laid and getting high!

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Backwoods to Topanga: Pilot

After robbing a bank, two hillbillies attempt to hide the loot but find themselves lost in the Topanga woods.

After watching this film you might not think that it cost us $250, but it did and that was only for our parking tickets. D’oh! This film was originally shot for a contest, but we didn’t meet the deadline.

The Philips DCP951/37: catchy name…cool looks

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It’s always good to see gadgets that look like they have a bit of style and substance, shame about the name though. It’s the Philips DCP951/37 Docking Entertainment System.

Gorgeously draped in a piano-black finish the player packs quite a fair amount of features to go with its 9-inch LCD screen and ability to play music and video from your iPod whilst charging it up.

Other features include:

  • Built-in SD/MMC card slot
  • Playback for DVD, DVD+/R and DVD+/-RW, (S) VCD, DivX and MPG4 formats
  • Rechargeable battery with enough time for up to 2.5 hours of video  

Want? Then head over to Amazon, where it can be yours for $199

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Spielberg to remake Live-Action 3D Ghost in the Shell Remake

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In my “Favourite Movies” list, I always dutifully add “Ghost in the Shell”, because it is that good a movie. It is also the prime example I give to the sort of people to judge animation movies incapable to telling serious, intelligent stories. Ghost in the Shell is a work of art, a cinematic masterpiece, no less.

And it’s going to be remade, by Spielberg’s very own Dreamworks. Hit the jump to find out what the hell.
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Trash talk making gaming dull?

Talking while killing a noob. It used to be something that could only be done by taking time out while waiting to respawn in FPS but now with voice communication a standard feature in most online console first person shooters should what we say be considered more carefully?
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