http://www.gamesradar.com/the-sims-2/articles/ Your Commander Shepard may be a red-eyed hottie. Your Dragon Age dwarf may be a thickly-bearded freak of nature. But no matter how you customize an in-game character, your snowflake just isn't as special as you may think. We've broken down the ways players create their characters into five...http://www.gamesradar.com/what-your-character-designs-say-about-you/Jan. 12, 2011, 10:31 p.m.Earlier this year we posted a video of our extremely handsome mugs chattering on about the most important games of the past decade. Did you miss it? Were you so distracted by our handsome facial hair that our words washed across you impotently like waves over rocks? Good news everyone!http://www.gamesradar.com/the-20-most-important-games-of-the-decade-text-edition/Jan. 21, 2010, 9:16 p.m. Pac-Man and Mario owned the 1980s. Sonic, Lara and Snake took over for the 1990s. Their games are considered classics. Their names are timeless and iconic. Their images are burned into the memory of every gamer, even those who were born after the characters themselves. Now we have another ten...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-25-best-new-characters-of-the-decade/Dec. 29, 2009, 10:12 a.m.Gamers are a diverse and extremely opinionated bunch. If you love something with all your heart and soul, we guarantee you that someone else hates it with an equal amount of passion. Chances are good, in fact, that the person who despises your precious favorite is a person you know, like or...http://www.gamesradar.com/beloved-games-we-hate/March 25, 2009, 2:11 p.m.Today, EA announced The Sims 2 Double Deluxe edition and The Sims 2 Kitchen and Bath Interior Design, but thanks to an official website appearing on the net - we're pretty sure that's not EA's big news. March 19 is the date when we'll find out more. Check back here to see what...http://www.gamesradar.com/ea-sims-3-info-promised-soon/March 6, 2008, 3:58 p.m.Derp! Ready the eBay accounts, cause that company that prints game box art - Acme Video Game Box Art Co. Inc. Ltd., we believe they’re called - pulled a gargantuan boner and misprinted a shitload of our favorite titles. We don’t mean to call them out, but we can’t allow the...http://www.gamesradar.com/box-art-fups/Feb. 8, 2008, 7:11 p.m.Dec 19, 2007 One of the best things about gaming on the PC is that mods can breathe new life youre your older titles. Unfortunately, weeding out the good ones from the half-assed incomplete productions takes a ton of time. Luckily, weve picked out some of our favorite add-ons, conversions, and...http://www.gamesradar.com/20-kickass-mods/Dec. 19, 2007, 6:36 p.m. Brace yourselves, Sims fans - beginning tomorrow, an exhibition of art inspired by the venerable life simulator will open at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City. Titled "The Sims: In the Hands of Artists," the exhibit is a joint effort by Sims publisher Electronic Arts and New York art school...http://www.gamesradar.com/sims-and-art-meet-in-new-york/April 18, 2007, 8:51 p.m.There comes a time in many games where the expected method of play becomes a bit too expected. It's when you're on this cusp of boredom that you realize that the greatest gift gaming has given us is the ability to plough your own way - to refuse to enter the test chamber just to see if you get in...http://www.gamesradar.com/gamesradar-jackass/April 13, 2007, 7:20 p.m.If you spent your childhood in fear, after your mother told you that looking at the food going around on the platform would make your eyes fall out, youre not alone. John Bows, a Technology Development Manager, knows all about microwaves - about the “instantaneous disruption of the electrical...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-professionals-microwaves/Feb. 20, 2007, 7:49 p.m. What's hotter than watching a cute princess kiss a fat, middle-aged plumber? Well, anything really, but given the headline above, the answer should be obvious: watching a cute princess kiss another cute princess. It's sexy, it's vaguely taboo and it's pleasantly devoid of bristling mustaches and...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-girl-on-girl-kisses/Nov. 28, 2006, 8:46 p.m.For some players, The Sims' Build Mode is an entire game. In fact, for a special few - who we like to call builders - it's the only game. It's a real eye-opening experience for us who make this game to see how far the systems we create can be pushed. It's also a testament to the ingenuity, not to...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-sims-builders/March 16, 2006, 1:17 a.m.Electronic Arts has announced Open for Business, a brand new expansion pack for The Sims 2, and we've got the first shots. This latest add-on to the life sim, allows you to develop your own Sim business from the ground up. You'll be able to choose what sort of business it will be, then decide on...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-sims-2-goes-to-work/Jan. 6, 2006, 2:55 p.m.EA has released the first stock of shots from its latest Sims 2 expansion pack, Open for Business. This latest bundle of virtual lifestyles and paraphernalia for its super popular life simulator series will give players the chance to create and run their own businesses, offering an abundance of...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-sims-open-shop/Dec. 9, 2005, 9:16 a.m.Following the recent trend of shoehorning Mario into the Gamecube versions of games, EA is now planning to bring Mario and pals to The Sims 2 on Nintendo's console. Speaking in an interview with IGN, EA's Scot Amos revealed the Gamecube incarnation of the title had been "given some custom...http://www.gamesradar.com/mario-to-appear-in-sims-2/April 19, 2005, 3:43 p.m.We can barely keep up. Will is on a roll, from the very moment we meet him, he's off, chatting away, explaining the design decisions that makes The Sims 2 one of the finest games we've played. And, 'click'... we're recording every word...What do you do in The Sims? What do you do when you're...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-sims-2-inside-the-mind-of-will-wright/Nov. 4, 2004, 12:30 p.m.Official ELSPA Entertainment Top 20 Software Chart (all prices) - week ending 18 September1 (NE) The Sims 2 (PC)2 (1) Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2, Xbox)3 (2) Conflict Vietnam (PS2, Xbox, PC)4 (NE) Resident Evil Outbreak (PS2)5 (3) ShellShock: Nam '67 (PS2, Xbox, PC)6 (6) The Simpsons: Hit and...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-sims-2-party-at-number-one/Sept. 21, 2004, 2:18 p.m.Living by proxy will be even more enervating when Sims 2, Maxis's massively upgraded sequel to their cash spewing people fabricator, hits a (real) shop near you. The latest shots not only showcase yet more of the game's undeniably impressive modeling, but offer a tiring glimpse of what you can put...http://www.gamesradar.com/sims-2-go-for-the-virtual-burn/April 19, 2004, 11:23 a.m.A create-a-character tool for The Sims 2 will be available for free in May - months before the full game is expected to hit shelves.Body Shop will allow players to create new 3D Sims from scratch, with it being possible to tweak hairstyles, facial features (such as nose length, eyebrow thickness...http://www.gamesradar.com/ea-to-release-the-sims-2-body-shop-for-free/March 24, 2004, 9:58 a.m.Electronic Arts have released a pair of new screenshots of The Sims 2, which show off the game's new camera angles.This time round, you'll be able to control your Sims over an entire lifetime while the addition of genetics allows DNA of Sims to be passed down through generations. The gameplay...http://www.gamesradar.com/latest-sims-2-shots-unveiled/March 12, 2004, 11:36 a.m.Here are fresh new shots of developers Maxis' most lucrative baby The Sims 2. And as you'll note, they're fresh in more ways than one...Such is the appeal of The Sims that they're one of the few games where you'll smile with a warm chuckle inside as you scan the screenshots. This batch probably...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-sims-2-sexy-new-pics/Jan. 8, 2004, 3:21 p.m.