It has been ten years since video game giant Electronic Arts first released
The Sims, the best-selling game that allows its players to create a household
and then manage every aspect of daily life within it. And since its debut,
gamers young and old have found ways to .mod. The Sims, a practice in which
gamers manipulate the computer code of a game, and thereby alter it to add
new content and scenarios.

In Players Unleashed!.the first study of its kind.Tanja Sihvonen provides
a fascinating examination of modding, tracing its evolution and detailing its
impact on The Sims and the game industry as a whole. Along the way, Sihvonen
shares insights into specific modifications and the cultural contexts from
which they emerge.

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