The Sims 1 Series

It’s difficult to tell what videos are new when they all consists of the same people and the same video clips.  Nontheless, I’m hope I’ve yet to post this video that was published on G4TV yesterday.

The crew over at G4TV takes a moment to reflect on their past moments of The Sims franchise as well as sharing 2 ways you can kill off your Sims :P

A friend of mine wanted to create a “Pimps and Ho’s” themed Sim family in the original game. He bought the biggest house on the block. There were four escorts of various appearances, a body guard, and even a pimp to keep them in line. No expense was spared in decorating the mansion with fountains, art, and statues. In the back, there was even a huge swimming pool just waiting for them to flounce around. And then he ran out of money.

When starting a game of The Sims, you only get so much money to buy a house and decorate it. The money also has to cover the essentials like a bed for them to sleep on, a couch just to sit on, or even a refrigerator to keep food in. He had none of these things. His full house of ill repute quickly got tired of standing and started complaining. Then they got hungry. My friend had just enough money to buy a phone and call for one pizza. The single piece of food in the house sat on the floor. Everyone else stood. One of the girls tried to go swimming but got exhausted and drowned. No one could work because they were always tired and hungry. Eventually, they passed out on the street and the front yard.
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Thanks Skyline of The Simmers Club for the link!

Who here doesn’t have a sick and twisted mind when it comes to the Sims?  Let’s face it, other than killing them off, you know you get a kick at watching them woohoo.  Many of the places in real life would be forbidden today – I mean would would actually make love in an actual lovebed like the one below?  Other places your sims can get in on is in the sarcophagus (Sims 3 World Adventures), elevator (Sims 2 Open for Business), and the car (in Sims 2 Nightlife).  There are many other places your sims can get action – you’ll have to read on over at GamesRadar for more.

Bow-chika-bow-wow…

While he was only with The Sims team for a year and from what he tells, only had 1 piece of text used in MySims Agents it makes me sad to know that we won’t get any of his witty humor.  If you never followed him as the editor for the Computer Gaming World magazine or his work from 1UP, then you missed a few good laughs!  Either way, Jeff shares his thoughts about the 10th Anniversary of The Sims, as well as his love for the classic SimTower (it’s a great game, but I was horrible at it!)

Like many gamers, I never could keep up with the bazillion different expansion packs and stuff packs and the like, and I suspect that’s where they lost some folks, too.  What’s the old saying?  It’s hard to miss you if you never go away.  But, funnily enough, when I realized in 2008 that I wanted to get out of the game journalism racket, and made a short list of the game companies I might like to work at, Maxis/EA was right at the top of the list, along with Blizzard.   Of all the series I could imagine working on, The Sims bubbled up right to the top because it felt to me like the one that had the most humor, the most freedom,  and that, when all was said and done, was a benign force for good in the world, a happy and charming game that rewarded intelligence and creativity.   It was a series I truly believed in.

Continue on over at EA