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. …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 …read more

I’ve said before that I’m not overjoyed by the first expansion for Sims 3 – World Adventures – though I am a bit stoked about the France destination. The way I see it is that there is a lot to explore in Sims 3 and adding more content [on the existing maps] would serve me better than adding whole new maps.
I gripe but the more I think about it, the more I realize that I’ll end up getting World Adventures.
The premise of it is interesting and I can already picture Paris in my head with its bistros and China with …read more

Ten great screenshots all showing a different “commadment” of the Sims 3 world.
Do Not Commit Acts of Terrorism
 
Do Not Accuse Someone of Something They Didn’t Do

Do Not Kill

Do Not Steal

Respect Your Parents

Respect All People

Do Not Envy Other People

Do Not Be Motivated By Greed

Do Not Cheat On Your Partner with Another Person

Respect and Protect the Planet

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Just read that title over and over again. It’s fun. I’ll wait.
TOMORROW, folks. Tomorrow! [I appologize to the Brits. It's not my fault that I'm in the US and get Sims 3 "early".] Is anyone else on this side of the pond as excited as me? Yeah. I thought so.
Like a good blogger, I found you some more screenshots. And by “more” I mean a TON. Some are from the PC/Mac version and some are from the iPhone/iPod Touch version. I doubt you’ll care. You’ll be drooling too much.
Enjoy
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I like pretty pictures. You like pretty pictures. We all like pretty pictures.
And, with Sims 3 just days away, I see no reason why I shouldn’t share every single pretty picture that I can find. That way you can stare at your computer screen and slowly wipe away the drool that’s running down your chin as you take in the freakin’ awesomeness that is Sims 3.
Pay special attention to how well everything “fits”. I’m sure these were taken on a computer with more processing power than all of my computers put together but check out the great appliances and the …read more

My husband is a HUGE fan of I Can Has Cheezburger [http://icanhascheezburger.com]. I’m not exactly sure why since he’s not such a big fan of cats but he’ll waste plenty of time looking at cute kitties with funny captions. *sigh*
If you go to the Sims 2 website [http://thesims2.ea.com/] you’ll find a couple of funny SIMS 2 examples which made me laugh. I’ve posted one of my favorites below but I also chuckled at the cow tipping picture.
I mean, come on! It’s the weekend! Who doesn’t need a chuckle?

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Today’s post is a hodgepodge of stuff that I’ve found today while playing working on the internet.
First, I found on Snooty Sims a link to a pic that someone scanned in from a box that they received since they pre-ordered the game.
How’s that for a convoluted sentence?
I must admit that I’m a bit jealous since I pre-ordered the game as well and I haven’t gotten any cool stuff in the mail.
Sad times.
Next, I present to you a billboard that Hikikomori60 posted a link to on the Sims 3 UK forum. I’ll just post a link to it since I don’t …read more

I haven’t been really good about reading the Sims 3 blog.
In my defense, they hadn’t been very good about updated the content so after several times of heading over there and not seeing anything new…well…you understand.
I still go over there when I get the VIP emails to see what’s up and today I was greeted with a pretty cool piece by Richard Evans, Senior AI Engineer.
I won’t post the entire piece because what’s the point when you can go over there and read it yourself but I thought that I’d give you a couple of highlights.
Each Sim has a personality …read more

These screens are new to me and I decided that I’d share them with you just in case they’re new to you as well. I know that the “Bella and Mortimer” screen has been around for a while with lots of speculation about who the people in the picture are. Your guess is as good as mine but “mortbell” is part of the file name. Very, very interesting…
My favorite screenshot is the last one in the cemetary. I can’t wait to get my hands on this game and see what it’s like to be able to play ghosts. I wonder …read more