The Social Scientist isn't a big fan of the "single-player" experience. She much prefers a round of DDR in the living room or teaming up with friends online in her favorate MMO game. If she must go it alone, she breaks out her Sim family for some quality social experimentation.

The Sims: Makin’ Magic (PC)
It’s the last entry in the venerable Sims series before the release of highly anticipated Sims 2. And it’s a good sendoff, complete with Harry-Potter-style witchcraft and wizardry. You can take the family to Magic Town, and finally get a magic broom to do your cleaning for you.
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Star Wars Galaxies (PC)
The ultimate social experiment is to take tens of thousands of gamers and throw them all online together. If they get to be storm troopers and Jedi, well that just adds another level of cultural relevance. Amazingly, the hugely complex online world has become a vibrant and living beast, complete with factional wars, entertainment complexes and a functioning economy.
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Everquest Online Adventures: Frontiers (PS2)
The PC classic gets a console twist with this PlayStation version. The play mechanic is quite different with a PS2 controller, but it's nice to find an online game where everyone isn't a 200th-level master already.
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Mario Party 5 (GC)
The gand dame of party games, Mario Party 5 is just like parts 1-4, and that's a good thing. An on-screen board game with tons of variety, MArio shows he can keep the party going.
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DDR Max 2 (PS2)
Even if you have two left feet, you still have a chance to be a dancing superstar with DDRMAX2. This rhythm-and-dance game will entice newbies to get moving on the dance pad and into the loving arms of a videogame lifestyle.
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