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EA sues Zynga for copyright infrigement, cites Tiny Tower

by Mike Schramm (Aug 3rd, 2012)

EA has dropped a lawsuit on Zynga's doorstep, claiming that one of Zynga's latest Facebook games, called The Ville, is essentially an infringing copy of EA's popular The Sims. You can read through the entire complaint at Scribd. What's most interesting about this whole case -- other than two ...

TUAW at E3: The Sims 3 for iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Jun 4th, 2009)

The Sims 3 pretty faithfully recreates the Sims experience on Apple's handhelds, albeit in a more streamlined version. While the handheld port avoids a lot of the new complexity of the latest PC release, the core Sims experience is still here -- you can create a Sim, give it a personality and a ...

Will Wright: Mac users will love Spore

by Mike Schramm (Feb 15th, 2008)

Well, who won't, right? If you haven't read a single gaming blog this week (you serious worker bee, you), then you may not have heard the big news: Will Wright's rumored-to-be-a-masterpiece Spore has gotten a release date. It's hitting stores (for both PC and Mac simultaneously-- now that's what I ...