Video of the day: sadistic SimAnimals

Electronic Arts just canâ€™t get enough money out of The Sims, err, Sim City, err, whatever franchise. Witness more milking with the announcement of SimAnimals at CES 2009. The Sims with animals? Cute, right?

Wrong. The demonstration given of the title in this video has got to be one of the more sadistic demos ever for a kidâ€™s game. Why is he shaking that bear? And then dumping it in a river? Then he steals a fawn and attempts to dump it in the same river? You truly have to wonder about the marketing people at Electronic Arts. Have they just been worked too hard?

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#1 written by Jeff
about 1 year ago

Awesome. I gotta get me this game.

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