iGame Radio

According to Macworld Magazine, EA launched The Sims 3 simultaneously for the Mac, PC, and iPhone/iPod Touch. The Sims 3, the latest in The Sims franchise, promises unprecedented customization and choices for both your sims and their homes, while removing tedious micromanagement, like sending them to the toilet and the shower (excuse me??? I liked doing that…er, I mean…uh…). And microtransactions have found a home in The Sims 3 as well, with a store that allows you to buy items for your sims and their homes. You’ve even got the ability to create movies of your sims and email them around to others because, well, your sims mean so much to you.

In any case, a game that many, many gamers, both core and casual, I’m sure are going to enjoy playing for a long time. And it was really nice of EA to allow us Mac users to share in the fun, sort of a token gesture on their part to recognizing that we still breathe oxygen and are capable of pushing buttons on a keyboard and mouse. Oh, and that we have a few dollars.

Because apparently we don’t have enough dollars, button pushing ability, or oxygen to share in any other fun with EA. Such as FIFA 10, Mass Effect 2, Battlefield 1943, APB, Crysis 2, or The Saboteur (even though Dragon Age: Origins doesn’t specify Mac, I do know that the intention is to bring it out for the Mac as soon as PC development is over…we’ll see if that actually gells into reality tho). Ooh, ooh, but we get Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! Weee!

I guess I shouldn’t be all that cynical. I mean, out of the 27 games that are mentioned in the list, nine actually are coming out for the PC…a third. Man, that pill tastes damned bitter, don’t it. Well, welcome to the club.