TIL while writing a paper on The Sims…

lumialoversims:

That the reason it ever existed in the first place, and the reason WE are here on Simblr is because Will Wright’s house burned down and it inspired him to create a game centered around building a life.

Also, how ironic is it that the developers had two fires (first Will Wright, then EA during the development of Sims 2) occur, and the one thing Sims is famous for (aside from drowning Sims) is burning down houses?