I don’t know how many of you have tickets to the New Moon premiere tonight [I'll be seeing the 12:02am showing, thank you very much] but, based on the reactions that Edward Cullen and Jacob Black got, I’m going to assume that there will be a few of you watching the movie tonight. In “celebration” of the movie hitting the big screen tonight, EA has come out with a New Moon spoof that has got to be seen to be believed. Just like all of their other spoofs, it’s a bit irreverent and funny and since it’s not that long [just over a minute] you can watch it on your way out to see the real thing. Even the title – Love Triangle Under the Sims Moon: A The Sims 3 Parody – made me laugh. Just don’t take... [Read more]

I had planned on pre-ordering World Adventures and just never got around to it. And…well…I think I’m relieved that I didn’t. Turns out that people are having issues already with the expansion. There’s talk of custom content conflicts. Problems with people not being able to register their games. AwesomeMod doesn’t work Apparently people were/are getting “Error Code 16″ errors when they tried to save a game after installing World Adventures. This comes from the forums and is an “official” response: Hi everyone, We have been made aware of an issue you may encounter while trying to save your game after installing The Sims 3 World Adventures or updating your game. The Sims 3 World Adventures... [Read more]

You know that you should back your game up before you install any updates or new expansions. You know it but that doesn’t mean that you always do it and I’m just as guilty as you are. But, if you have a really great game going and you lose those hours of gameplay, you’ll quickly [and painfully] learn your lesson. So. How do you go about backing up a Sims 3 game anyway? This is what you do and it’s pretty painless. MUCH less painful than losing all of your game data. And, to make it even easier, you get pictures! ComputerOS (C:) Click Program Files Find the Electronic Arts File Right click on the Sims 3 file folder. COPY the file to your Desktop Things to remember: Check to make sure that you have enough space on your... [Read more]

If you’re in the mood to download some free items today, head on over to The Sims 3 Store to download some free exclusive Maxis created items – the cellar arch and the Sleek-Sleeper. The bed has a 4 Energy rating and a rating of 3 for Stress Relief – not amazing stats but there are mods out there to bump up those numbers if you’re so inclined. The arch is…well…an arch. Do something amazingly dungeony with it or something. The Tomb Sled Sleeper – which I like better than the Sleek-Sleaper from an aesthetic perspective is another bed that you can get for free. It carries the same stats as the Sleek-Sleeper. If you’re more concerned about what’s going in your living room, might I direct you... [Read more]

Brad had the perfect life but apparently being presented with the new found ability to travel the world and experience new places [and women] corrupted Brad because Brad became a lech. The new “creator” series of videos for World Adventures are cracking me up and this video is a perfect example of the possibilities that World Adventures will present to your Sims – the possibility to meet new people from all over the world and have a world full of Sims really pissed off at your Sim. Because it was just too damn easy to have that happen in your own neighborhood. For those of you who like to make your Sim a Don Juan or Lolita and then play the virtual field, consider this video a cautionary tale of what can happen if you let your... [Read more]