Once upon a time....
...there was a Sims 2 legacy called The Ten Caesars, by Ben/Blite27.

I ran across it somehow as I tooled around on the old Sims 2 Exchange. It caught my eye right away, because I'd been a huge fan of I, Claudius back in the day. Goodness, children, those were the days of PBS and appointment television and begging my Mom to let ( Read more... )

I just went looking for the actual photos from my Sims folder, and realized that they were probably (along with about eighty pounds of CC, neighborhood backups, etc.) on the hard drive I used to back things up on.  I went to find them, then realized I couldn't access it--because my new computer doesn't have the correct kind of port ( Read more... )

You decide.  This kilt me ded, so I'm leaving it here without further comment.

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Lecture on Othello:

Me: So Iago says to Roderigo, don't be stupid.  You don't have to have an emotion if you don't want to.  

maxis_taste's own spin on March Madness. Go on over and check it out!  They're looking for the last four Sims to fill out the slate of 68.  There are a number of nominees who aren't on the list. You may wish to check the nominees and second any nominees you like.

Voting closes at 6 PM EDT on Friday, so don't miss it!   

porkwithbones kindly informed me today that the link to Lytton's file was broken, and that the file contained "illegal or suspicious content."  Of course, I was quite confused, because it seemed like a very strange time for EA to freak out about its EULA.  "You have a SIM up!  That's OUR engine!  EEK!"

So I looked to see if a lot of files were busted, and there ( Read more... )

As most of you know, the Exchange is back up, which is good.  However, the conversion process has been a bit delayed for me ( Read more... )

EDIT:  AUGH, I almost wish I'd never made this post.  I think I hurt some good people, and I wasn't even thinking of them.

Now that it looks as though the Exchange is down, I have only two options: to pull pictures one by one into a Powerpoint, or to direct people to the pages archived by the magnificent hooptytrib. I hope it doesn't cause him problems, ( Read more... )

EA customer service, incident, 8/25:

Hi, my name is Nitesh. How may I help you?
Me: hi, I'm trying to find out if the Sims 2 Exchange is down permanently. 
Nitesh: Yes.
Me: damn 
Me: so that means the whole website is down for good? yes? including the content? 
Nitesh: II apologize for the inconvenience experienced by you.
Me: No chance the ( Read more... )

Well, not really smarter than YOU.  Smarter than EA?

( Tech geek stuff, mostly for Mac. )