While The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was among the first games I truly loved and Final Fantasy VII was the first to profoundly impact me, The Sims was the first to utterly consume me. Despite it being a good decade or so before the phrase "no life-ing" hit the internet, there is no better way to describe my relationship with the game. Every night--after I had finished my homework, dinner, and familial obligations--I would slink my way over to the family computer and live out my...