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3 games that make you an expert interior decorator

jjones | Guides | 12/08/2007 09:00am
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With the continuing glut of home improvement shows on TV these days, it’s no surprise that the obsession has moved over into other media.

Fortunately though, games equal interactivity, and so instead of merely consuming countless guides on how to make garden decking look good, you can now effortlessly envisage, create and experiment until you’ve exhausted your artistic creativity. Here’s three of the best.

The Sims 2

The Sims 2

The Gold Standard in gaming interior decoration. Any house imaginable cna be constructed, with all mod cons. Learn the art of sofa-positioning, kitchen design, boudoir construction and everything else needed to land a consultancy spot on a redesign-your-home TV show.

Website:thesims.ea.com

City of Heroes

The Sims 2

While most of City of Heroes involves heroism in the, er, city, you also get to retire to your own super-base and move around the super-vase. Best of all, the propensity of Spandex teaches us that the utility of wipe-clean kitchen fl oors can extend to actual clothing.

Website:uk.cityofheroes.com

Evil Genius

The Sims 2

While mad scientists may not be great at taking over the world, they’re peerless in interior design. Here you get to construct your own retro-chic 60s base, and ask yourself questions, such as whether the enormous laser-death-trap-thing will steal all the natural light from the room, darling.

Website:www.evilplanet.com

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