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EA Netherlands fan event – The Sims 3 Ambitions Sneak Peek
May 25th
Want more Ambitions news? Fantastic – the Dutch community has you covered! EA Netherlands is holding a special sneak peek on May 21st and invited a number of Dutch fansites to come check out The Sims 3 Ambitions and to spend time to play the game. This post will contain all of the information that they’ve brought back to share.
- 5/25/10 @ 7:52 PM – added link to Sims 3 Nieuw’s impressions on Twinbrook
- 5/25/10 @ 7:52 PM – added link to writeup by SimParool
- 5/25/10 @ 7:51 PM – topic de-sticky’d
- 5/24/10 @ 12:03 PM – added 2 videos from Sims 3 Nieuws
- 5/24/10 @ 5:25 AM – added link to Sww’s report from TSR (thanks, Hiki!)
- 5/23/10 @ 8:11 PM – added link to Sims 3 Nieuw’s full report
- 5/23/10 @ 7:44 PM – added link to last of SimsPlanet2 report
- 5/22/10 @ 10:46 PM – added link to SimsUniverse article
- 5/22/10 @ 10:44 PM – added more interesting facts from SimsPlanet2
- 5/22/10 @ 10:42 PM – added pics from SimsPlanet2
- 5/22/10 @ 10:36 PM – added link to report from The Sims Zone
- 5/22/10 @ 10:34 PM – added link to SimsNetwork’s writeup
- 5/21/10 @ 9:28 PM – added link to SmartSim’s writeup
- 5/21/10 @ 9:21 PM – added link to short snippet from Sims 3 Nieuws (and some pics of the event)
- 5/21/10 @ 8:47 PM – added tidbits of info from SimsPlanet2
- 5/21/10 @ 12:15 PM – added link to SimParool’s Q&A
Dutch fansites in attendance (thanks to Sims 3 Nieuws for the listing):
The Sims 3 Ambitions Hand-on event in Taiwan
May 24th
One of our readers, Amy, passed along a couple of links from another Ambitions fan event which was held in Taiwan. Impressions and pictures have been posted, check out the sites below!
So we got to play The Sims 3: Ambitions on Friday, May 21, 2010. As usual, I have to skip work to try the new game out. When I got there the game has already been turned on, so I just sat down and started playing. By the way, we had this Hand-on session in a restaurant, so we ate quite a lot of food during the session. I was kind of stupid that I had forgotten to take pictures, just a couple.
First thing I noticed was there is a new neighborhood, it’s huge and the PM in Taiwan told me that it is inspired by the towns of Southern America . The name, which I looked up later is Twinbrook, because I was playing The Sims 3: Ambitions in Chinese. It’s pretty and big, which I don’t like. My sims always live quite far away from the town and it usually took about an hour for them to get to work and places. :P The view of the town is beautiful, but it’s just too big. I really didn’t see much, because I want to get into the game right away, but from what I saw afterward on the other people’s computers, the houses are more country looking.
Perhaps there’s a lot of Sims2 shadow repeat, but also more playability that complies with the requirements of the player for Sims are always feel enough real details. In the past and is now a combination of new practices and how to play, some people think that there is no continuity to the past, but there are people who think this is another breakthrough, but it seems to me that there is a gain in the past to play even if you do not have the same but it can also be identical, as long as we maintain a degree of freedom for Sims itself to create campaigns and preferences better data. I believe that EA’s creative team is watching the right players feel, not really own the to do development. Due to technical considerations have not been able to reach all requirements, improve takes time; that the listing of each slice in addition to the contents of the Sims in the past for a combination of both, will create more innovative style and is no longer the only continuity.
Examiner – The Psychology Behind Simming
May 21st
Passing this out for the readers as The Sims Community’s VRevis wrote a lengthy article on Examiner about the psychology behind The Sims. Love it, she pretty much nails the point about why the game – and community – is as great as it is (yeah, I may of reworded that wrong, but you catch my drift):
“There is an incredible community that has developed from this game”
Although the game itself is a one-person-game, one point most can agree on is the benefit of the community surrounding the game. The Sims community is huge, with forums on the official sites, and many smaller forums and websites across the world. People develop true friendships that go beyond game-discussion.
When asked on Simbology, a site dedicating to modding the Sims 2 game, “what keeps you coming back to the Sims game?”, many were quick to bring up the community aspect. “If you’re a Sims player, there are so many sites to join, participate in and have fun with. The spirit of the ‘community’ is something really special, and I don’t think it has been duplicated with any other game quite as much. We’re like our own little neighborhood, and everyone knows each other pretty well.”. Another states, ” You can be a part of a real community; friends that help with your problems – be it gameplay, pc (or mac, etc) and any part of your offline life you want to share.”
Sims3Fan.ru – The Sims 10th Anniversary Party at Moscow
May 20th
Not only did Sims Mixei attend the The Sims 10th Anniversary party that EA Russia held, but it appears Sims3Fan did at well – and they brought home more pictures!
More Images at Sims3Fan
The Sims 3 Ambitions – London hands-on event Mega Post!
May 16th
It’s that time again! If you’re fairly new to the site, when fan events take place I create one big sticky post containing all of the news, previews, reports, images and videos. This makes it easier for everyone to get all Ambitions information from one main post and also keeps the site free to include other non-fan event updates. So, with that being said, lets get started!
The latest updates:
- 5/16/10 at 9:35 AM – added part 2 of BlackGarden‘s TSR Sims 3 Ambitions preview
- 5/12/10 at 8:13 PM – added interview with Grant Rodiek from SimFans
- 5/12/10 at 8:11 PM – added list of lifetime achievement awards from SimFans
- 5/11/10 at 9:52 PM – added 3 more links to SimTime’s report
- 5/11/10 at 8:17 AM – added link to Molly360′s impression
- 5/11/10 at 6:09 AM – added link to part 1 of SimFan’s report
- 5/11/10 at 6:02 AM – added link to SimTime’s report
- 5/11/10 at 5:59 AM – added 2nd batch of information from attendee Molly360
- 5/10/10 at 9:44 PM – added information from attendee Molly360
- 5/10/10 at 8:43 PM – added part 1 of BlackGarden‘s TSR Sims 3 Ambitions preview
- 5/10/10 at 8:35 PM – added link to SimFans article about new Education career
- 5/10/10 at 12:42 PM – Posted hands-on report from Tidus
- 5/8/10 at 8:44 PM – Added SimFans request for questions
- 5/8/10 at 8:44 PM – Mega Post Created
The sites of which who are attending:
SimWay TV to relaunch this June!
May 15th
I never had the pleasure to watch SimWay TV for it usually airs on a Saturday…and well I’m usually outside working on some crazy project around the house. For those that are fans of the show, make a note that new episodes begin this June!
Community Spotlight Interview – FieryFemale
May 14th
A new community interview was posted at the official Sims 3 site with artist ‘FieryFemale’:
Earth Mother, Orla Dagwood, the Kennis twins – fieryfemale first caught our attention with these unique Sims ranging from mythical and magical, to celebrities, to sometimes sinister. But she doesn’t stop there – she’s also one of the top lot builders in the community – sharing lots as grand as her Siheyuan Chinese Courtyard fit for royalty to budget-friendly and cozy starter homes! See what draws her to The Sims 3′s Create A Sim, her inspirations for Sims and lots, and some of her own trade secrets on creating.
Download Siheyuan Chinese Courtyard House
New Ambitions Wallpapers from SimFans.de
May 13th
Here are some new wallpapers for Sims 3 Ambitions from SimFans.de. Here is the link: http://simfans.de/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1273767949&archive=&start_from=&ucat=20&
Dimensao Sims – The Sims 3 fansite kit compilation
May 8th
Dimensao Sims created a nifty fansite kit which features many images, renders and other goodies from The Sims 3, World Adventures, High End Loft Stuff and Ambitions. Perfect for those who want to start creating their own site!
EA Underground – Interview with Sims 3 Community Manager Andrea Wendland
May 7th
I received an email that EA Underground published an article on our very own Community Manager, Andrea Wendland. It’s nice to know for a change what a CM’s job really is like…and by the looks of it, it does indeed sound very busy! Thanks to EntirelySims for the email!
As Andrea Wendland puts it, “working in The Sims studio is very fast paced since we produce more games than most studios.” Her job as the Lead Producer for The Sims 3 website then makes her the person that needs to make sure all the studio’s happenings are being communicated properly to the world (yes, I mean world). Because of this, she has more meetings in a day than I have in a week.She starts her days off with an international conference call with other EA employees, then she meets with the web engineers, then with the marketing and game team, then with community managers, and finally the with store team. And all this is before she actually sits at her desk to do some work. More >
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