The new generation of consoles has as much power to do the kind of games that we do as the PC does.

Yes... well, I used to have a pilot's license.

I'm not saying we purposely introduced bugs or anything, but this is kind of a natural result of any complexities of software... that you can't fully test it.

I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it.

Also, after people play these Sim games, it tends to change their perception of the world around them, so they see their city, house or family in a slightly different way after playing.

Because now it's the fans out there that are entertaining us, the developers, with their creations!

It used to be that you knew your neighbors and maybe your coworkers - the people in your physical vicinity.