The Sims
The Sims (ESRB rating: T) is a very popular life simulation game and a series made by EA Games and Maxis. It was the game that started the massive line of well known video games that is known all over the world today. It was surpassed in 2004 by the new version "The Sims 2" which comes with updated graphics, new items and much better things in general, and in 2009 The Sims 3 came out. The series dates back to 2000. A huge number of expansion packs and different "eras" of the game exist. Many ports exist for the PC, home consoles such as the PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation3, and Xbox 360, and handheld consoles such as the PlayStation Portable portable and even the Nintendo DS line.
Unlike what the ratings suggest, the games allow players to indulge in immoral behavior, including homosexual sex, non marital sex, cheating, and allow homosexual couples to adopt children. It also contains nudity, astrology as a religion and supports the belief that materialism and consumer goods lead to happiness.[1] The ability to buy new consumer goods, mostly electronics, can even be unlocked by fulfilling your Sims certain personal wishes in life. Some of these wishes may be to earn more money, to spend more money on objects falling under a certain category, or to use different ways of socialization.
There are however, custom-created objects and mods you can download for The Sims that were created by Christians. These include examples such as a Bible complete with in game verses you can read [2], a Pastor career track [3] and even a statue of Jesus that your sims can worship and pray at [4]. However, these items were not created or endorsed by EA Games. They are merely enabled as modifications to implement into the game. Modifications are a common method of the fan base expanding the shelf life and popularity of the game almost infinitely and maintaining peoples interest and fascination with "older" games.