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'''[http://www.beyondsims.com BeyondSims]''' (formerly '''SimPrograms''') is a fan site about [[Maxis]] games and ''[[The Sims (series]])|''The Sims'' series]].<ref name="rant">[http://www.simprograms.com/41310-more-site-ramblings-and-other-concerns/ More site ramblings and other concerns] (dead link)</ref>. SimPrograms was started by [http://www.simprograms.com/staff Jud Hudson] on August 18, 2000 and has since provided frequent updates on any and all news related to ''The Sims series'' series. Originally, it started as a personal blog for 3rd party applications for ''[[The Sims]]'', but has since then grown to become its own community. At one time they released a few [http://www.simprograms.com/category/podcasts/ podcasts], but were unable to make it a regular update on the site.<ref>[http://www.simprograms.com/podcast-rework/ Podcast Rework] (dead link)</ref>. Sporeprograms iswas a sister-site and cancould be found at [http://www.sporeprograms.com/ Sporeprograms.com].

In fallAutumn 2012, the focus of SimPrograms changed from providing downloads for the game, to serving as a community fan and news site only. As a result, on December 5, 2012, the name ''SimPrograms'' was replaced with BeyondSims. With the closure of [[TheSims2.com]], BeyondSims has resumed hosting patches for ''BeyondSims[[The Sims 2]]'', but no longer hosts tools for ''The Sims'' series. ForThe theold timedomain beingname, http://www.simprograms.com/ will redirectredirects to http://www.beyondsims.com/ .

*[http://www.simprogramsbeyondsims.com/ SimProgramsBeyondSims main page]

*[ {{Wayback|http://www.sporeprogramssimprograms.com/ SporePrograms main page]}}