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1541. The Sims - How do you play yours? (Part 2)

Written on Monday 7 June 2004 at 01:32 by Andy - 0 comments.

Tired of waiting for the car pool and making money from a job you never see?
Wishing there were other ways to make money?
Do you want to play the game differently?

The second part of the HDYPY series might give you a few ideas.

Read it right here!

1542. Lucy's Weekly Newsletter

Written on Saturday 5 June 2004 at 19:29 by ChEeTaH - 4 comments.

Another e-mail from Lucy has arrived, which you can read entirely in the read more part. In the mail she describes how Maxis helps the paper industry by using lots of Post-it notes. The office is filled with them, and on every one of them there's a task for The Sims 2 that's to be done. If it's done, it will be stamped "done" in red. She also talks a bit about the new logo, which everybody is "very excited about" (like they are about everything really...). Also some slightly more details about the refreshed fansite kit have been given. It doesn't include only the new logo, but also new images and artwork, and even some desktop wallpapers. Two wallpapers have been given to us in several sizes (800x600, 1024x768 and 1680x1050) which you can put on your computer, so you'll never forget about The Sims 2. One of them is similar to what has been posted before with the launch of the UK Sims 2 website. The other one is a collage of many screenshots of The Sims 2. You can download them using the links below. Note that they're quite big (we've posted them in high quality), so it may take a while for them to load. To use them as wallpaper, right-click the image (once loaded) and choose to set it as wallpaper from the menu. To other webmasters: as usual, please do not hot-link to these images (or any other files or screenshots), but link to this article instead if you want to tell your visitors about it. Thank you.

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1543. Sims 2 Website Redesigned

Written on Friday 4 June 2004 at 01:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has redesigned the official site to match the new logo. That logo was introduced around the E3 and has been spotted on several movies and screenshots before. The new site has a slightly different look, though the place of all content and the content itself are still the same. A new fansite pack has also been uploaded, which you can download from the fansites page. You can start staring at the new design on the fresh Sims 2 homepage.

1544. SimDay: Your Help Wanted

Written on Thursday 3 June 2004 at 12:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's a very small SimDay this week. There's the monthly community update on the official site. More news is that Maxis is holding a focus group again on 16 June in the Sunnyvale, California area. You need to have The Sims, and you'll be discussing The Sims 2 with other fans. Check out the official site for details. Finally there's an update of The URBZ. In the new blog, Alex Hutchinson (Lead Designer) talks about the Rep again:

"Everyone wants to be the big man (or woman) around town. Or at least I did, once, long ago, before I realized I was instead destined to be a designer of videogames and borderline alcoholic. It's one of those big fat universal desires that keeps every youngster up at night. Who hasn't harbored a vision of themselves as the kind of person who skips queues at clubs, or who comes home to bulging answering machines and overflowing letterboxes?"

You can find it all on the URBZ Website.

1545. New Poll

Written on Thursday 3 June 2004 at 02:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Our regular visitors know that we have a new poll (almost) every week. Last week we asked you about the aspiration tracks for The Sims 2. We know the names of 5 aspiration tracks, and we wondered which ones of those you think will be the best. Romance and Knowledge scored the best (30 and 29 - 15% each - of 199 votes). They were followed by Fame (15 votes, 7.5%), Fortune (11 votes, 5.5%) and Knowledge (9 votes, 4.5%). The rest of the votes went to them all sounding equally great (88 votes, 44%) and those who don't know what Aspiration tracks are or aren't interested in The Sims 2 (17 votes, 8.5%).

This week we're asking more about The Sims 2: Will you be making photo- and/or videoalbums to tell tales about the lives of your Sims. Let us know and vote on the right, or the Latest Poll page. Also check out our poll archive for more polls held in the past.

1546. Sims 2 Images

Written on Tuesday 1 June 2004 at 14:28 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Snooty Sims has posted some new photo's of The Sims 2. They come from the EA Booth Tour video posted at GameSpot last week. The quality isn't great and they're a bit small, but a must-see for the fans. Check them out by clicking the thumbnails.

1547. Sims 2 Previews

Written on Tuesday 1 June 2004 at 14:17 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

More previews of The Sims 2 (from the E3) have popped up on the net recently. There are three new ones, from GameMarshal, GameZone and The Gamers Temple. All three don't bring any news, but the aspirations and genetics are all explained again. Without exception they're positive about the game, and are looking foward to it very much. Here's a quote from the GameZone article:

"When asked what the best game I saw was after the first day of E3, I surprised even myself by saying Battlefield 2 AND Sims 2. Sims 2? How is this game of home economics supposed to compete with the big boys? Quite easily, it turns out. Just as the original brought new life to reality games, Sims 2 brings new life to artificial intelligence. Ever see the flick The Thirteenth Floor? In it, a scientist creates a societal simulation where everyone in its existence is the result of a computer program. They walk around, talk to each other, form friendships, marry and have kids, even murder each other. The developers of The Sims 2 have done something remarkably similar. Eerily similar."

Just click the site names in the text above for the previews.

1548. E3 Sims 2 Photos

Written on Monday 31 May 2004 at 01:16 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Snooty Sims has posted a few pictures of The Sims 2 in action taken at the E3. They were taken from a TV/video screen, and the quality isn't great. That's no reason to keep them from you though - just click the thumbnails for slightly bigger versions.

1549. Another E3 Article

Written on Saturday 29 May 2004 at 14:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The London Free Press has recently posted an article about the E3. They share their experience from the LA Convention Center, and included was a little bit about The Sims 2. It's not much though, just one paragraph:

"Although I love the Sims, I had little hope that EA Games would be able to do much to improve upon the formula with The Sims 2 (PC). Oh my, was I wrong. Not only can you play as successive generations of a family, passing genetic traits from parents to offspring, but the ways in which the Sims can interact in the game's beautiful new 3-D world has been greatly expanded. In a short but hilarious demo of the game, we watched a horny husband get busted by his wife when he hooked up with an old flame... at their son's birthday party. Bet he slept in the Sim-doghouse that night."

If you're interested in what they have to say about other games as well, read the article.

1550. New Mail, New Screens

Written on Saturday 29 May 2004 at 14:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've received another e-mail from Lucy, as usual every week. It's all about aspirations again. Lucy tells us that her aspiration is for us to buy the game, and tell others about how great it is. Then those others should buy the game and tell their friends about it again, and so on until everybody's playing the game. This doesn't necessarily mean there will be a "World Domination" aspiration track in the game too though... Anyway, here are four screenshots included with the mail. They are of 4 of 5 known aspiration tracks (there should be 10 in total, according to the E3 news), the "Fortune" track isn't included. Enjoy them, and read the "Read more" bit for Lucy's complete email.

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