News Response #1

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004362492_btsims21.html/
The Sims tops 100 million in sales worldwide
By Tamara Chuang

The Sims is the best-selling computer game in the U.S. Sims is a successful game. Nancy Smith is president of The Sims. Smith grew up as Nancy Green from Seal Beach, Calif. She said about her story before she became president of The Sims. After graduating from Huntington Beach High School, she earned a business degree at the University of San Francisco. Smith later joined the California technology boom in order to stay in her home state. She worked for VisiCorp when it launched the first spreadsheet program, VisiCalc, for the Apple II. Smith jumped at the chance to work for the start up EA. She credit The Sims since 2005. She became a successful woman. The Sims 60% players are female, The Sims game probably for female. Finally, Smith said she loves entertainment.

I choose this article because I have played this game since I was in the middle school. I like this game, I believe this game was interested by female, because this game is a very straightforward theme that everyone can relate to. It's like your own life. I had played this game for many different chapter, each chapter there is a especial topic, such as holiday, ice and western. It is a very interesting game.