GameSpot's promised epic Sims Online preview has been posted, as Geoff Keighley: Behind The Games The Endless Hours of The Sims Online offers another of Geoff's trademark insanely detailed previews that describes production on the upcoming MMORPG that will place the player in the challenging role of a human being. The article takes advantage of his Maxis access to offer behind the scenes info about the project and the millions (as in 25) of dollars that have gone into creating its millions (as in three) lines of code. Included is a biography of Will Wright and a history of prior Sim projects, the idea behind taking the Sims online, the daunting prospect of competing with games like EverQuest, the ongoing appeal of the little people, the audience The Sims attracts, some design issues they had to overcome, testing, balancing the exploitative tendencies of hardcore players with those of more creative types, crunch time, delays, expectations as they gear up for launch, and (believe it or not) more.