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Animation

An animated family in the Sims 2, throwing their hands up in dismay. One child is digging through the toilet, another is jumping on the couch, while another looks in the fridge and finally, one speaks on the phone. The parents are exasperated.
Matt Millikan

Simlish, sound and the performance of emotion in The Sims

How The Sims makes us laugh, cry and care without saying a word.
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A Sims-style house that is the shape of an ancient pyramid.
Matt Millikan

Blank lots and big ideas in The Sims

How Simmers turn empty spaces into creative playgrounds – one tile at a time.
Boy riding horse underwater - still from Magic Beach
Spencer Gilder-Smith

Magic Beach and the films that rewrote the animation playbook

Robert Connolly's Magic Beach joins a canon of films that stretch the medium of animation – technically, artistically and emotionally.

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