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• - "What happens when a virtual newspaper covering virtual events runs afoul of a real corporation?" By Farhad Manjoo. [Salon]
  
• - Preview from IGN. Contains a link to a message board, screenshots and fastfacts "Game Info" section with information like when the game will be out.
  
• - Directory of sites where you can buy and sell simoleans.
  
• - 4 screenshots and a short Electronic Arts factsheet on the game which includes game overview and features.
  
• - "These are problems that crop up when people begin to behave in a world as if it were free; when it fact it is paid for and therefore owned by a corporation. It's simulated freedom." News and reader comments. [Game Girl Advance]
  
• - Files and news.
  
• - Features news and information.
  
• - Site that sells simoleans for various towns.
  
• - "The usual real-world justification for this kind of arbitrary action is the need for a strong central hand to protect public safety and common welfare. But since Maxis isn't all that good at those aspects, the Herald censorship smacks more of tyrann
  
• - "Tossed onto his virtual bum by EA for exposing The Sims Online's seamier side, Peter Ludlow talks about real censorship and virtual vice." By Curt Feldman. [Gamespot]
  
• - Report on The Sims Online including what can be done with it. Includes pictures - two showing speech bubbles and two that look at the interface.
  
• - Article about the new game from the Wall Street Journal.
  
• - "How would people act if they were freed from real life laws and social constraints? A new, interactive computer game offers just such a scenario - with some disturbing results." [BBC News]
  
• - Includes screenshots and game information.
  
• - "The recent decision by the game's owner, Electronic Arts, to terminate Mr. Ludlow's account--forever erasing his simulated Sims persona--has set off a debate over free expression and ethical behavior in online worlds that is reverberating in the rea
  
• - The Sims Online radio station for Calvin's Creek.
  
• - Review by Tom Chick. Includes screenshots and user reviews. Score: [59/100]
  
• - Article that comments on the Wall Street Journal article, 'Will life on the Web spoil the sims?'.
  
• - Maps and guides to different cities.
  
• - Reviewed by Courtney Marchelletta. Score: 3.5 out of 5.
  
• - Preview from Gamespot on game. Reveals more on gameplay and also comments on graphics and differences from The Sims.
  
• - Full walkthrough for the game, including how to make money and how to meet sim needs.
  
• - A community offering profiles from various localities.
  
• - Interview from E3 by Jason Bates. Includes information on the goals and objectives of The Sims Online as well as questions about The Sims 2.
  
• - Petition to make Maxis not charge a monthly fee for The Sims Online. Includes viewing feature for looking at the names/nicknames and comments of the people who have signed it.
  
• - A petition to sell 'The Sims Online' outside the US.