The Sims offered you the chance to play Big Brother to your personally developed range of computerised characters.

Now a new extras pack called The Sims Livin' It Up lets your characters enjoy themselves that bit more.

It introduces a new range of career choices, buildings and wallpaper patterns to brighten up the Sims' lives.

Choose from tacky love shack to hi-tech heaven as you go about designing new homes.

A "Vibromatic Heart Bed" allows your virtual couples to enjoy the hanky-panky they were deprived of in the original version.

The additions are fine but the fun to be had from watching rats race around your Sims' well-scrubbed kitchen soon wanes.

If you want to fork out extra money to take them into a pink fantasy land, then fine.

But would you allow your struggling Sims' budgets to stretch to such a luxury?

Price: £19.99
Contact: 01932 450000
Feelgood factor: 5 out of 10