I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I will be buying World Adventures and I’ll probably be pre-ordering it. Especially since you get free shipping if you order through the EA store. That’s pretty cool, don’t you think. Then again, I don’t remember the last Sims game I actually bought in a disc version – I generally just download it via EA’s Digital Downloader. Anyway, the big news [for me] is the release of a couple of Paris screens. China and Egypt are cool, but I was really looking forward to seeing what the creative team was going to do with Paris. And things have been so quiet on the Paris front that I was starting to wonder if EA had nixed Paris all together. But, today, I found these two screenshots... [Read more]

Sometimes I think we Sims players take ourselves a bit too seriously. Maybe it’s because we’re not “real” gamers or because we spend our time micromanaging computer generated people, but I for one know that I get my fair share of flack from people when they hear that I write for a Sims blog. My favorite is, “Oh. So you don’t write for a real gaming site?” Nice. My husband has this habit of surfing College Humor while he drinks his coffee in the morning. He’s supposed to be working but I won’t tell if you won’t. Anyway, he sent me a link to a Sims related comic strip of sorts on College Humor and I had to share it with y’all. I read through it and laughed my butt off. Sometimes... [Read more]

Y’all know I like it when book, movie and video game characters are brought “to life” in Sims 2 and Sims 3. If you’ve really fallen in love with a character, being able to create your own storyline or expand on one that’s already been created can be a great way to reconnect with the character. Deus Ex is one of those iconic RPGs that has a very loyal fan base and a very hot female bionic character by the name of Anna Navarre. I can’t even begin to express just how much I think this Sim rocks. Everything is there from the red left eye to the outfit to the personality [Daredevil, Grumpy, Athletic, Ambitious, Mean Spirited]. Make sure that you add that red eye as an accessory to all of the outfit choices. If... [Read more]

One of the benchmarks of the Sims franchise has always been custom content. While Maxis has been good about putting out Stuff Packs full of Maxis created goodies, the fan created custom content has tended to exceed what Maxis delivers both in terms of the amount of content and the subject matter – user created content is usually created to fulfill a direct need/request. Looks like that’s about to change with the announcement of Maxis’s Create-a-World Tool. With the Create-a-World Tool, Maxis is putting the creation of towns in your hands and will allow you to make anything that your brain can come up with in terms of layout and typography. From what I’ve seen, this isn’t going to be one of those tools that everyone... [Read more]

Vampires are all the rage right now what with True Blood and Twilight but I’ve been a fan of vampires since way back. Doesn’t anyone remember Lestat? *sigh* The point is that I have a great set of vampire gowns for you for Sims 2. There are five of them total and you need to read the Overview page to get a link to the mesh that you need to download so that the dresses will show up in your game. My favorite is the red gown since it’s red and super sexy and looks like something that a classy vampire woman would wear. If these gowns are something you want to see your Sims wearing, make sure that you check out the link that’s listed above. Great dresses even if you’re not trying to do the whole vampire thing. Image|sherahbim [Read more]