


That addition has been left to unofficial efforts by players-turned-developers, through fan-made downloadable tweaks, or mods.It’s a more daring game series than most, with 200 million copies sold and a history of including some more socially progressive topics, such as same-sex romance.That’s the case with abortion and Electronic Arts’ The Sims, a game of virtual dollhouses in which players initiate digital people’s births, marriages, careers and moments of intimate “woohoo.”.Why it matters: In the world of video games, big studios often avoid socially sensitive topics, but fans sometimes find ways to work them in. But unofficial add-ons that give players that option are popular, their creators tell Axios. The makers of the long-running video game series The Sims don’t allow pregnant characters to have abortions.
