I am a student at Norwich University College of the Arts studying Games Art & Design. For our Critical Studies I have chosen to look at The Sims series. Mainly because they played a large part in my gaming life. I thought it would be interesting to study the changes each game has made, such as when the company was taken over by EA, if and how this affected the game. I’d also like to look into the technological leaps from one game to another, the improvement of graphics, game play, navigation etc. Other areas I will be covering include the cross platforms it’s been released on, if and why they were successful, and if not, why not?
I have chosen to document my findings using this blog, and as of 12th January 2010 will of hopefully come to my conclusion. The main page will contain all of my posts, with references forwarding you to where I found the information and/or images. There will also be a page dedicated to my Bibliography where this information can be accessed and an Evaluation page, where I will talk about what I have found, what my thoughts are on the topic I am covering and what research did or didn’t work and why.
