I must confess to a terrible addiction.

I found this stupid game on MSN games called Virtual Villagers. It's sort of Sim-like but, I think, cooler. You help these little people survive on a deserted island. They can learn to plant crops, catch fish, have babies, build shacks and all this other cool stuff. They dance and stuff. I'm completely hooked.

It also plays in real time which means even when I'm off doing something I'll come back and they've built another shack or discovered a healing herb or something.