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GDC: Rod Humble Unveils User-Created The Sims Carnival

2008-02-23 02:01:43 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
 
...Humble on The Sims Carnival website, v.interesting indeed Rod Humble's GDC session, titled The Emergent Gamer, was originally titled The Golden Age of Game Design. While many might think he would be referring to such eras as the so-called Golden Age of Arcades or the rebirth of console gaming in America in the 1980s, Humble was actually...
 
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Rod Humble Protypes The Sims 3

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2008-04-10 02:36:26 by Shawn Sines in Gaming Today
...Humble, head of EAs Sims Studio, sat down with GamesIndustry.biz to reveal the inspiration behind the next step in the evolution of The Sims franchise, The Sims 3 According to Humble, the biggest change in the new game is the move from instanced scenarios to open world play. He describes the first design meeting for The Sims 3 The one thing...
 
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RPS Exclusive: Dinner With Rod Humble

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2008-04-23 18:41:30 by John Walker in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
...Humble. You know, as you do. During dinner, accompanied by the head of Sims PR, Addison Ames, we chatted about all sorts, including the forthcoming Sims 3, and the Sims games overall. You can look forward to reading about that in the very near future. But today why not enjoy our rambling conversation about one of RPS favourite pastimes, indie...
 
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Rod Humble promoted to The Sims label lead

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2008-10-07 23:00:00 by Jason Dobson in Joystiq
...Humble, he was applauding the franchise's retail success. Now the exec has another, albeit more personal reason to celebrate, having climbed up another rung on the corporate ladder, laying claim to the role of The Sims' brand's executive VP. The move follows the recent hiring of Jeff Green, who left the world of game journalism last month to...
 
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More gamer-ness in Sims 3, says Humble

2008-03-31 12:52:40 by patlike in videogaming247
 
Speaking here, Sims Studio creative director Rod Humble reckons therell be enough in the Sims 3 to keep the gamer crowd happy. I think there is a lot more gamer-ness in The Sims 3, he said. The team has added a lot more challenge and depth for gamers. I have become obsessed with book collecting with
 
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Dinner With Rod Humble: Sims Style Stuff

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2008-04-30 11:57:14 by John Walker in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
...Humble. This week we bring you the second part, where we get down to talking about Rods day job: The Sims . When youre sat down for dinner with the man in charge of one the biggest selling gaming franchise ever, and have a chance to find out more about the forthcoming The Sims 3 , what do you ask about? Peeing. And then some slightly more...
 
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Your Turn: Humble beginnings

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2008-06-11 21:01:14 by Jason Hill in Screen Play
...Humble beginnings After demonstrating an incredible lack of sensitivity towards fellow Screen Play follower Masi recently , I found myself thinking how we all got here in the first place I'm not getting that deep and writing about the ever existential WWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY I'm referring to how we are here, reading this blog I...
 
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Electronic Arts Stealing Xbox 360s Thunder Announces The Sims Festival, Its Own YouTube Of Games (GDC 2008)

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2008-02-21 22:22:05 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...Humble , the head of The Sims game development at Electronic Arts wants that question answered and revealed a tool at the Game Developers Conference today that will allow that to happen: The Sims Carnival The endeavor is a free web-based portal for creating, sharing and playing free computer games. That sounds dry, but think of it as a...
 
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Sim Animals: "Reach Out and Touch The World"

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2008-07-14 17:42:22 by Earnest Cavalli in Wired: Game|Life
...Humble Though the footage demonstrated during today's EA conference was a simple trailer that lacked in-depth gameplay, Humble promises players a world completely open to their designs. To create a tree, for instance, players acquire an "oak tree seed, plant it in the ground, water it, and you get a tree," he said Humble also promised that...
 
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A lesson in bad customer relations management - the European W:AR open beta launch