The Sims

I totally agree that Will Wright is correct in saying that The Sims is a parody of consumerism. If you have ever played the game, especially if you have played the game without cheats, it is so hard to keep your sim happy. In fact, your primary goal in the game is to keep him happy. They have a a list of primary 'needs' and each one is matched to a meter that shows how fufilled that particular need is. It is complicated to the point that it is not fun for me to try play the game with a whole family of sims because as you would imagine it is exponentially harder the more sims you need to follow.