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How The Sims franchise leader went from QA to Maxis’ top creative role
For nearly four years, Lyndsay Pearson has led The Sims franchise as the creative franchise vice president at Maxis. But her legacy at the studio, owned by Electronic Arts, spans more than 20 years as she worked her way up from a quality assurance tester on The Sims, moving into an associate producer role for…
The best Star Trek fan event of the year joyfully celebrates the franchise’s worst episode
Star Trek fans celebrate a lot of holidays. There’s Star Trek Day on Sept. 8, the anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series. There’s First Contact Day on April 5, the anniversary of the fictional date on which humanity made first contact with Vulcan visitors. One might even celebrate Captain Picard Day…
When Toronto Sceptres goalie Carly Jackson isn’t stopping pucks, they’re playing Baldur’s Gate 3
It was a big deal when Electronic Arts added the Professional Women’s Hockey League to NHL 25. Though the game launched without the newly formed women’s hockey league, EA added the league and its players to NHL 25 in November 2024, coinciding with the start of the PWHL’s second season. Though women’s teams have been…
Star Trek as ‘going to a national park’: Lower Decks’ creator reflects on the end of the show
Years ago, comedy writer Mike McMahan got the opportunity of a lifetime — an interview to join the writing staff of a new Star Trek series, the first in over a decade. McMahan was a massive Trekkie and had recently made a splash with a parody Twitter account called “TNG Season 8,” in which he…