The Legacy of The Sims
How do I even begin to blog about The Sims?
I started playing right when it was released. I think I was 11 or 12, and I remember playing Sim City 3000 or something and not liking it as much. I always wished that you could go into the houses and play the people inside, rather than surveying the entire city as a whole. And wow were my dreams answered!
With The Sims, I didn't have every single expansion pack, but I had many. The original, Livin' Large, Hot Date (BEST ONE!), Vacation, and Unleashed. Then The Sims 2 came out, and HOLY SHIT. They added so many cool aspects to The Sims 2 that I was like "fuck The Sims 1!" With The Sims 2, I had the original, University (BEST ONE!), Nightlife, Open For Business, and Seasons. I don't know what others to get. The problem with having a lot of expansion packs is it fucks up your computer. Believe me. I have fucked up my home computer plenty of times with The Sims. I don't know if I want to do that to my laptop, but I really want the Apartments expansion pack!
So I have been obsessed for the past 8 years. Not like obsessed where I never leave the house and play for 8 hours straight and stuff like that. I have been on and off obsessed. Maybe I'll play ever single day for 2 months, then I won't play for 2 months, or some irregular pattern like that. It's weird. When I do play, I play the hell out of that game. Recently I got back into The Sims. It's hard to play and be a good college student. I want to play all the time. but I always convince myself to do work. I guess that's good, right? Sometimes I wish I wasn't such a good student... well, not really haha.
The online community is insane. So many people are really hardcore about this game. I like to read the legacies people make, just because some people are so creative with what they do with their Sims. Don't even get me started on the hundreds of websites where you can download stuff. Game mods galore. I'm all about clothing, hair, and appearance on the Sims. I love making my Sims look kick ass. Kinda like real life I guess. Sometimes my game gets corrupted some way or another, so I just delete all the game mods and get new ones. That usually works, strangely. The problem with downloading stuff is that I'll spend 2 hours finding cool stuff, but then I won't spend time playing with them or enjoying them. So ridiculous.
When I was younger I would really obsess over the families I made. I once lost all my game info, and cried, cried so hard, when it was deleted. It fucking broke my heart. Now not so much. If my crap got deleted now, I'd just start over. Whenever it happened when I was younger, it was like MY life got deleted. I mean, I guess I was really young when I first started playing that game. Being 20 now, it's not such a big deal if it happens.
All this blogging about The Sims makes me wanna go play... maybe I will!
I started playing right when it was released. I think I was 11 or 12, and I remember playing Sim City 3000 or something and not liking it as much. I always wished that you could go into the houses and play the people inside, rather than surveying the entire city as a whole. And wow were my dreams answered!
With The Sims, I didn't have every single expansion pack, but I had many. The original, Livin' Large, Hot Date (BEST ONE!), Vacation, and Unleashed. Then The Sims 2 came out, and HOLY SHIT. They added so many cool aspects to The Sims 2 that I was like "fuck The Sims 1!" With The Sims 2, I had the original, University (BEST ONE!), Nightlife, Open For Business, and Seasons. I don't know what others to get. The problem with having a lot of expansion packs is it fucks up your computer. Believe me. I have fucked up my home computer plenty of times with The Sims. I don't know if I want to do that to my laptop, but I really want the Apartments expansion pack!
So I have been obsessed for the past 8 years. Not like obsessed where I never leave the house and play for 8 hours straight and stuff like that. I have been on and off obsessed. Maybe I'll play ever single day for 2 months, then I won't play for 2 months, or some irregular pattern like that. It's weird. When I do play, I play the hell out of that game. Recently I got back into The Sims. It's hard to play and be a good college student. I want to play all the time. but I always convince myself to do work. I guess that's good, right? Sometimes I wish I wasn't such a good student... well, not really haha.
The online community is insane. So many people are really hardcore about this game. I like to read the legacies people make, just because some people are so creative with what they do with their Sims. Don't even get me started on the hundreds of websites where you can download stuff. Game mods galore. I'm all about clothing, hair, and appearance on the Sims. I love making my Sims look kick ass. Kinda like real life I guess. Sometimes my game gets corrupted some way or another, so I just delete all the game mods and get new ones. That usually works, strangely. The problem with downloading stuff is that I'll spend 2 hours finding cool stuff, but then I won't spend time playing with them or enjoying them. So ridiculous.
When I was younger I would really obsess over the families I made. I once lost all my game info, and cried, cried so hard, when it was deleted. It fucking broke my heart. Now not so much. If my crap got deleted now, I'd just start over. Whenever it happened when I was younger, it was like MY life got deleted. I mean, I guess I was really young when I first started playing that game. Being 20 now, it's not such a big deal if it happens.
All this blogging about The Sims makes me wanna go play... maybe I will!