It’s no surprise, but, rather a confirmation as to the resurgence of development activities for The Sims Online. The CTO and CVO (Chief Visual Officer) of EA, Glenn Entis, noted that top visuals is not going to be as important as user-created contents. It’s very clear that the corporate direction of EA is enabling user-created contents in all of its titles. TSO is a natural place to revamp and experiment. I for one am glad, since I have been a fan of the franchise for so long. Everything the TSO-E team’s doing seem to be trying to re-connect the content creation community of The Sims, to TSO, which is a fantastic move.

There have been much interesting lately. I still follow my usual dough of blogs and news sites every day about MMOGs and Software and haven’t found much to link to. I am also spending a lot of time at Game-BluePrints.com, contributing my designs. It’s really fun!

Last night’s The Sims Online dev chat, first in a few years, was rather lackluster. I do know better and I know what to expect in these chats. Then again, I am always hopeful.

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