Front cover: "MAXIS & EA reviewed and approved".

"Ready to blow your mind? Spend 15 seconds reading Clark Aldrich's The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games. Witty, fast-paced, and non-linear -- it's Spock meets Alton Brown." -- Lynne Kenney, Psy.D., The Family Coach This exciting work offers designers a new way to see the world, model it, and present it through simulations. A groundbreaking resource, it includes a wealth of new tools and terms and a corresponding style guide to help understand them. The author -- a globally recognized industry guru -- covers topics such as virtual experiences, games, simulations, educational simulations, social impact games, practiceware, game-based learning/digital game based learning, immersive learning, and serious games. This book is the first of its kind to present definitions of more than 600 simulation and game terms, concepts, and constructs.

Mood-managing hints and tips Learn to create an instant family Covers all 10 possible career tracks Tactics for dealing with disasters Cheats and Easter Eggs revealed Details on moving your Sims to the online community Build a home from the ground up Includes a foreword from game creator Will Wright

•Harvest every building block with our Essence gathering walkthrough. •Develop a town from a run-down train stop into a thriving community of town residents. •Unlock every town resident, including exclusive Uber characters. •View tasks in advance and be prepared for the wants and demands of town residents. •Obtain every design blueprint by becoming Best Friends with every character.

Tap Into Your Simagination! - Tips for getting started: create a Sim, choose a city, build a property, and determine a career - Strategies to develop your character's skills, earn money, and create your dream life - How to make and maintain valuable relationships - Covers of every new object - Primers on Motives, Skills, and using your creativity - How to run a successful business - Quick-reference information for over 60 interactions

Full-color pages detailing how to: *Crash parties, get initiated into a secret society, hack your grades, and graduate with honors *Keep your Sims' grades on track in all 11 majors *Secure your final degree and open up four new career paths *Details on the all-new young adult age, influence, and lifetime wants *Charts and tables covering objects and socials *Tours of all colleges and their student bodies *Covers the original Sims 2 plus the expansion!