Gamlet Trivia #36 — 2026-08-07

The answer was The Sims — Will Wright pitched it for years as a 'virtual dollhouse' while colleagues doubted anyone would play housework..

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1. 🏠💎🚽💕
2. A 2000 Windows bestseller (Mac too) that outsold every PC game before it.
3. A life simulation dollhouse: learn cooking before the kitchen kills you, hire the maid, and never, ever delete the pool ladder mid-swim.
4. Designed by Will Wright at Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.
5. Its gibberish language and rising green diamonds turned mundane chores into obsession; most players spent more time building houses than living in them.
6. Anagram: THE MISS

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