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 it too seriously. I’m sure they made it with the utmost respect for the movie and the books.

OK…not really…but it’s still funny.

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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 and the Game Update have changed the way your save files are created, which can lead to an error during your gameplay when you save your game. If you encounter an error that says “Error Code 16,” please use “Save As” to save your game instead. This will allow you to create a new save file and circumvent this error.

If you are beginning an entirely new game or starting in a new neighborhood, you will NOT encounter this issue.

We are working to address this and will update you as soon as possible.

Thanks,
-Drea

From reading through the forums, I can’t tell if the issue is World Adventures or if it’s the patch. Most likely it’s a combination of both.

If you bought the game, my advice to you is to make two folders on your Desktop and grab everything from these files:

• Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Downloads
• Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods

and move it all to those Desktop files. Look around and make sure that you’ve removed all custom content including but not limited to default replacements for skins, eyes, hair, etc.

If you haven’t bought the game already, wait.

Sims 3 and the expansion are hella complicated so it’s going to take a little time to iron out all of the wrinkles and kill all of the bugs.

Regardless of your decision, now is a good time to back-up your game no matter which game you’re playing. If you’re still running Sims 2, then you can use this guide to back-up your Sims 2 game. To do a complete back-up of your Sims 3 game, follow this link.

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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 computer to make a copy of your game BEFORE you try to backup the game.
• If you compress the file to a zip, choose “Best” under Compression Method.
• If you compress the file to a RAR, choose “Best” under Compression Method and click “Create solid archive”.
• You can also choose the “Sent To” option and send the backup to a USB flash drive.
• These screens were taken on a Vista system. If you use XP, what you see might be different.
• If you screw everything up, it’s not my fault and you’re doing this at your own risk. Don’t send me nasty emails.

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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 to the Not-A-Street Floor Lamp, Desert’s End end table, and Modern HDTV by Webbsta Industries?

Don’t forget that World Adventures hits stores this week. Tons of cool items are sure to be included.

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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 Sim have too much fun.

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When I’m on YouTube, I always search “Sims” or “Sims 3″ to see what new and exciting stuff has popped up. Sometimes it’s good stuff and sometimes it’s utter crap. But, it is YouTube so that’s really the nature of the beast, isn’t it?

Anyway, with World Adventures hitting next week, I’ve been kind of surprised at the lack of World Adventures trailers. But, of course, I found one today and I must say that the “learn foreign tongues” line cracked me up.

The video is short at only 30 seconds but since it is only 30 seconds, it won’t take much out of your day to give it a look. And the mummy servant is pretty awesome.

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With the limited edition Holiday Collector’s Edition of Sims 3, you’ll get:

• a Sims 2 GB plumbob
• a European-styled sports car download
• theme music from Sims 3
• exclusive Prima Tips and Hints Guide
• holiday themed items download

But, I know some of you are still on the fence.

How can Sims 3 be better than Sims 2 – a game you’ve known and loved since 2004?

Well, now EA is giving you an online taste of Sims 3 in the form of SimSocial.

This web based game will give you an idea of what it’s like to create a very basic Sim in Sims 3 and assign character traits and a lifetime wish/goal.

There’s even a Facebook app of SimSocial if you can’t get enough of that kind of thing.

While I don’t know if SimSocial will tip the proverbial scale for someone who is sitting on the Sim 3 fence, the game is definitely a nice way to kill some time while you’re waiting for your popcorn to get done popping.

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It actually started out being called Armistice Day and was meant as “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated“.

Later, it was changed to Veteran’s Day to celebrate all who have served.

Today is a day that may seem like a minor holiday to someone who have never served or loved someone who has served. But, if you’re lucky enough to have known a service member, you know that today is something to truly celebrate. Because, in celebrating them, we celebrate our freedom and the sacrifices of those who fought to keep us free.

Syn28 made a wonderful folded flag for Sims 2. Whether you’re integrating it into a storyline or using it in your game as a remembrance of someone you’ve loved and lost, this item deserves a place in your game.

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But, if you have Sims 3 for iPhone, you should cheer-up since EA has released a Vampire Theme Pack exclusively for iPhone and iPod Touch simmers.

Happy?

Since I don’t have either an iPhone or and iPod Touch [I'll happily take one or both for Christmas. Hint. Hint.] I wasn’t able to go to the iPhone Sims Store to check out the new additions but the Sims 3 website has a full list of the stuff that you can expect.

It wouldn’t make me sad at all if EA released similar things for PC based Sims 3 players.

No word yet if blood sucking is included.

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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 and my interest has been renewed.

I’m not sure if EA has been pushing Egypt and China because those were the first “worlds” to be completed or if maybe they thought interest would be highest for those two but I’m relieved to finally see that they didn’t nix Paris.

Bonne journeé.

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