It's been five years since the first Sims game was released, and became a major success. 7 Expansions, a sequel (with one expansion so far) and 3 console games further, GameSpy looks back on those years with several developers and producers of the games. Character designers, producers, animators, and other Maxis employees tell about their experience developing whatever titles they've worked on. If you want to look back as well, read the article.