Game Industry News
- Reviewed by John Breeden, score: 4½ out of 5 as well as Most Innovative Game of the Year.
- http://www.gameindustry.com/review/item.asp?id=176

GameSpy.com - E3 Coverage -- Sims Online
- Report on The Sims Online including what can be done with it. Includes pictures - two showing speech bubbles and two that look at the interface.
- http://archive.gamespy.com/e3/simson/

Game Revolution : The Sims Online Screenshots
- 4 screenshots and a short Electronic Arts factsheet on the game which includes game overview and features.
- http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/previews/screens/pc/sims_online/sims_online.htm

Q&A: Banned Sims Blogger Bites Back
- "Tossed onto his virtual bum by EA for exposing The Sims Online's seamier side, Peter Ludlow talks about real censorship and virtual vice." By Curt Feldman. [Gamespot]
- http://www.gamespot.com/news/6085767.html

First Impression: The Sims Online
- Preview from Gamespot on game. Reveals more on gameplay and also comments on graphics and differences from The Sims.
- http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/simsonline/preview_2762518.html

FiringSquad - The Sims Online
- Review by Tom Chick. Includes screenshots and user reviews. Score: [59/100]
- http://www.firingsquad.com/games/the_sims_online_review/

The Dark Side of Digital Utopia
- "How would people act if they were freed from real life laws and social constraints? A new, interactive computer game offers just such a scenario - with some disturbing results." [BBC News]
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3334923.stm

A Real-Life Debate on Free Expression in a Cyberspace City
- "The recent decision by the game's owner, Electronic Arts, to terminate Mr. Ludlow's account--forever erasing his simulated Sims persona--has set off a debate over free expression and ethical behavior in online worlds that is reverberating in the rea
- http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/15/technology/15SIMS.html

The World is Owned by EA
- "These are problems that crop up when people begin to behave in a world as if it were free; when it fact it is paid for and therefore owned by a corporation. It's simulated freedom." News and reader comments. [Game Girl Advance]
- http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2003/12/14/the_world_is_owned_by_ea.html

Raking Muck in "The Sims Online"
- "What happens when a virtual newspaper covering virtual events runs afoul of a real corporation?" By Farhad Manjoo. [Salon]
- http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/12/sims_online_newspaper/

SimsFiles.com
- Files and news.
- http://www.simsfiles.com/

The Sims City Guides
- Maps and guides to different cities.
- http://www.simscityguides.com/

About.com - The Sims Online
- Reviewed by Courtney Marchelletta. Score: 3.5 out of 5.
- http://compsimgames.about.com/cs/gamereviews/gr/simsonline.htm

The Sims Online Stratics
- Features news and information.
- http://sims.stratics.com/

BellaOnline: The Sims Online Walkthrough
- Full walkthrough for the game, including how to make money and how to meet sim needs.
- http://www.bellaonline.com/gaming/w/sims/strategy_lib_simswalk.html

Petition for 'The Sims Online'
- A petition to sell 'The Sims Online' outside the US.
- http://www.petitiononline.com/ennis119/petition.html

Boycott to charging for Sims Online
- Petition to make Maxis not charge a monthly fee for The Sims Online. Includes viewing feature for looking at the names/nicknames and comments of the people who have signed it.
- http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Qd3d

IMG News: Details, Concerns on Sims Online
- Article that comments on the Wall Street Journal article, 'Will life on the Web spoil the sims?'.
- http://www.imgmagazine.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=2826