Quote Originally Posted by James MacMillan View Post
Bottom line - It's some sort of game.
It's a very popular computer game, where you create characters (your "Sim," or Simulated Person) and then become, essentially, their god. Most people play the game to make their Sims happy, wealthy, successful in love and career. Others, however, are dark gods, and play the game to find how many ways they can torture their sims.

It's a good way to waste a dozen hours, but after that, it gets dull... in my opinion.