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Inside the Sims rebellion
Players are trying to mount a protest against the Saudi-led deal to acquire the game’s parent company Electronic Arts
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The backlash Electronic Arts is still escalating – so there is a chance that things may change.
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Martha Muir
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A gaming YouTuber who goes by the name Not Malcolm is waging a crusade against The Sims, his favourite video game. “Stop promoting the damn game, bro,” he implored fans in a recent video. “Stop buying it. Put your money where your mouth is.”
When news broke at the end of September that Electronic Arts (EA), parent company of the game’s publisher, was being sold to a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund
