To those of you who voted that I give in to my incredibly passionate nature, and buy the Sims2 yesterday, despite my need for housecleaning, bless you. You are my people. You “get” me.
To those of you who voted that I sacrifice my own needs for pleasure to better secure my family’s health and safety, ie: clean the bathroom, I’ve let you down. I’m sorry. Please don’t be too disappointed in me. I couldn’t stand it if you if you thought ill of me. But… I couldn’t find a sponge. No, seriously, I really couldn’t. Besides, there are two more days until she gets here. I’ll get it all done by then. I’ll pick up a sponge on the way home. Trust me.
The Sims2 is way different from the old Sims. It’s pretty freakin’ awesomely fabulous! I love creating new sims, I could spend hours just manipulating the shape of their face, the tilt of their eyes, the width of their nose… it’s wicked cool. Playing the actual game takes some adjustments. Lots of things have changed. I had to do a lot of exploring. There are things that are out of my control now. One sim went to work in an ok mood, he didn’t have a lot of valid skills, and all of the sudden a dialog came up – he was facing a situation, and had to make a choice. Actually, I had to make the choice. I made the right one and he got promoted. My other sim went to work in a great mood, with lots of applicable skills, I was again prompted to make a decision. I picked the wrong one and she was fired! She came with a cold, the game informed me, was totally sick, and incredibly depressed about the loss of her job. I had to send her to bed. Her energy was down, her hygiene was down, everything was down. Actually, she took a shower first, then rested in bed until she had enough energy to get up and eat. Then sat in a chair and red [for Fun, Comfort, and Energy] But the depression! She moaned and wailed and cried. Now “getting fired” shows up as one of her fears. And it’s one of her “memories” as well. Both things are new to the Sims2. It’s ok, we spent a couple of days getting healthy and happy and increasing a couple of skills, and then got another job in the Science field. While her partner is in the Law Enforcement field. Because that is what he wanted. It said so right in the control panel. However, his main mission in life, his emphasis…. his raison d’etre is Family. Hers is Knowledge. At this point, they are Good Friends, and I am trying to work my way, their way, up into love so we can trade the two single beds in for a double.
A while back, I was talking to Chris about the great names spammers use. I said that when I wrote my best selling novel, I might give all the characters names I got from spam. And so I started to keep a list. And it seemed that it would also work for Sims. So their names are Pansy and Dimitri Merona. Not the most exotic names on my list. But come on… Pansy? Such a smart girl and her name is Pansy.
This is the first time, in a long time, I’ve played without the money cheat. But I had started to rely on it too much, and it took some of the challenge out of the game. So the Meronas are saving their simoleans for a nice Telescope. Something else that has changed… you have all sorts of new options. For example, instead of just Read, Look for a Job, and Recycle options on the newspaper, you can now also Make an Airplane. Which the sim will then play with until you stop them. They will also play some kind of weird pirate game in the bathtub. Food flies everywhere when they eat. And they make cuter noises.
And I only played until 11 and that includes a long break during which I chatted online with real people. So… you know… I can stop any time. I can!
