Sims. LOL!
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It's been a couple of hectic weeks. I've far exceeded my personal 'work quota' and its pretty tiring. Projects and assignments are mostly over, so I can now take some self-proclaimed off-weeks from classes before the exams commence.
A little rant on life - it's kinda like Sims 2. Okay it must sound wierd why I said life was LIKE The Sims 2 when the game itself is meant to be a sandbox of life. Will Wright has designed a game so frighteningly like 'life' itself it gives us an enlightening perspective of reality. After all, it's always a clearer view from up there, looking down on ourselves going about our daily business.
Time is ultimately the main factor. Living in this busty and modern environment, we barely have enough hours a day. Sleep, food, play, socialize, work and everything else. Any Sims 2 player who've played the game for awhile would tell you the hardest part of the game is being able to do everything in such an accelerated game-time. Sure we could reach the top of our career, fall in love with a hundred sims and max every single skill without cheating. We could fill up every single need of our Sim. But there wouldn't be enough time for everything else.
It's a true and the most complete simulation of life itself. How one plays it probably determines what they truely want in life unless they just wanna screw around with some sims. It's a display of their 'perfect' life. If given divine control of myself in real life, would I command my character to develop himself into some ultra over-achieving, extremely popular and talented genius with a bunch of real-estate and business buildings? Yes I would.
It is kinda late to blog about a considerably old game. How much have I played The Sims? I hate to admit it, but come to think of it I've been quite a fan. I've played every expansion up to Unleashed in the first Sims and followed up by playing Sims 2. I've stopped playing a couple of times but always having this sudden itch to install and play it over again. The last time I've played was with all the expansions until Seasons.
Theres a trend in the way I play Sims. First I'll always RP and like create some friends, girls and family, but I'll just play myself. Then, I'll take a couple months living in deep solitude in some kinda cheap house to train up my skills like some kinda uberdork and reach the top of my career making minimal friends. After I'm 'all perfect', I'll start to build amazing dream mansions to enjoy the building part (the best part imo) of the game while building up relations and lovers. Finally, after everything is set and I'm already some kinda demi-god, I'll marry one of my 99123913 lovers and start a family.
At least that's what I intend to do - but I always stop playing and got bored right before the marriage part. Oh boy is marriage scary even in some game.
Next up: World of Warcraft 2nd expansion revealed - Wrath of the Lich King, life with a PSP!
It's been a couple of hectic weeks. I've far exceeded my personal 'work quota' and its pretty tiring. Projects and assignments are mostly over, so I can now take some self-proclaimed off-weeks from classes before the exams commence.
A little rant on life - it's kinda like Sims 2. Okay it must sound wierd why I said life was LIKE The Sims 2 when the game itself is meant to be a sandbox of life. Will Wright has designed a game so frighteningly like 'life' itself it gives us an enlightening perspective of reality. After all, it's always a clearer view from up there, looking down on ourselves going about our daily business.
Time is ultimately the main factor. Living in this busty and modern environment, we barely have enough hours a day. Sleep, food, play, socialize, work and everything else. Any Sims 2 player who've played the game for awhile would tell you the hardest part of the game is being able to do everything in such an accelerated game-time. Sure we could reach the top of our career, fall in love with a hundred sims and max every single skill without cheating. We could fill up every single need of our Sim. But there wouldn't be enough time for everything else.
It's a true and the most complete simulation of life itself. How one plays it probably determines what they truely want in life unless they just wanna screw around with some sims. It's a display of their 'perfect' life. If given divine control of myself in real life, would I command my character to develop himself into some ultra over-achieving, extremely popular and talented genius with a bunch of real-estate and business buildings? Yes I would.
It is kinda late to blog about a considerably old game. How much have I played The Sims? I hate to admit it, but come to think of it I've been quite a fan. I've played every expansion up to Unleashed in the first Sims and followed up by playing Sims 2. I've stopped playing a couple of times but always having this sudden itch to install and play it over again. The last time I've played was with all the expansions until Seasons.
Theres a trend in the way I play Sims. First I'll always RP and like create some friends, girls and family, but I'll just play myself. Then, I'll take a couple months living in deep solitude in some kinda cheap house to train up my skills like some kinda uberdork and reach the top of my career making minimal friends. After I'm 'all perfect', I'll start to build amazing dream mansions to enjoy the building part (the best part imo) of the game while building up relations and lovers. Finally, after everything is set and I'm already some kinda demi-god, I'll marry one of my 99123913 lovers and start a family.
At least that's what I intend to do - but I always stop playing and got bored right before the marriage part. Oh boy is marriage scary even in some game.
Next up: World of Warcraft 2nd expansion revealed - Wrath of the Lich King, life with a PSP!
posted by YT at
12:00 AM
