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1651. New Poll

Written on Thursday 25 March 2004 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Sims watch TV, just like people. At least most Sims do. We asked about your Sims' favourite channel, and 309 people voted. The cartoons are the most popular, with 23% of the viewers, while the romance channel is second with 16% of the votes. About 14% prefers action, while 13% claims not to watch TV. With one vote less, the Entertainment channel followed with also about 13%. The last three results are close, with 14, 13 and 12 votes each (around 4-5%). Those last three are Sports, the Animal Show and the EP6 News channels. We also have a nice overview of the results.

The new poll is also in the entertainment category. We want to know what your favourite career in Superstar is. Let us know by voting on the right or on the latest poll page. Also make sure to check out our archive.

1652. Body Shop Details

Written on Wednesday 24 March 2004 at 22:39 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

The latest issue of the Sims 2 newsletter is out, and it's almost all about the Body Shop tool. It's now been confirmed that it was formerly known as CaSIE, and Maxis also revealed what CaSIE means: Create-a-Sim Independent Editor. However, that name doesn't matter anymore. What does, is a brand new concept of art, sent together with the letter. It's shown below. Other screenshots that were included were these three. There's also a link to the interview with Lyndsay McGaw. That's all for this month's newsletter.

1653. 2 new Sims articles

Written on Wednesday 24 March 2004 at 19:48 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Two news sites have recently published articles about The Sims. The first one comes from Wired and is about The Sims Online. There's a presential election coming soon to Alphaville. If you're interested in knowing about the plans of the possible new presidents, and more background info on the Alphaville Government, read the article. The other article comes from the Miami Herald. It focuses on what kind of "virtual fixation" The Sims is, and how dedicated some players are:

"So many people spend so much time creating and playing The Sims, that fans have become sensitive to a portrayal of them as 'freaks without lives.'

"Many observers point out that Sims players form valuable friendships and communities. And sociologists and industry experts say people can learn about juggling the elements of their lives from such simulation games."

Make sure to read all about that too right here.

1654. Release Date News

Written on Tuesday 23 March 2004 at 22:46 by ChEeTaH - 5 comments.

There's a little update about the Sims 2 related release dates, with thanks to James Magenta for the tip. PC Zone has posted an article saying that the Body Shop will be available for free download from 10 May (which oddly enough isn't a SimDay). Maxis is - according to PC Zone - aiming for a release date of the full game in September. Note that we haven't been able to confirm these release dates yet, nor have we heard anything directly from Maxis. Also the game might be further delayed - we never know. It's a matter of patience and only time will tell...

1655. CaSIE (now "Body Shop") Update

Written on Tuesday 23 March 2004 at 12:19 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

It's a quiet time when it comes to news for The Sims, but we've got some major news. CaSIE, which has apparantly changed name again to "The Sims 2 Body Shop". The reason of the name change is unknown, but it could be to get rid of the confusion between "CaSIE" and the (in-game) "CaS". The current release date for this tool is set to May 2004, which means we'll have to wait another month and a bit. GameSpot has posted 3 new screenshots, of which one is of TS2BS. The other 2 are taken from the game, using custom Sims. Make sure to check them out. Recently we also gave you some screenshots which will probably be included in the next newsletter. The name "Body Shop" was already mentioned back then, but it wasn't clear that it was the new name of CaSIE yet.

1656. The Add-on Handler: Translators wanted!

Written on Friday 19 March 2004 at 20:22 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

If you would like to help out the international Sims community, but don't know how yet, here's a chance! I'm looking for people who would like to translate one of my programs, The Add-on Handler. The next version, which is in progress, will have the option to be translated to other languages, using language files. That is to help all those people who are not so familiar with English to use the program just as easily as everybody else. I'm looking for people to translate the program for me, as my knowledge of foreign languages isn't too great. Read on (click "Read More" if necessary) for more information... Read More!

1657. McDonald's Object online

Written on Thursday 18 March 2004 at 23:49 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Remember the McDonald's Preview CD of The Sims 2 that was given away quite some time ago? After posting some content already on 10 February, the popular website Snooty's Sims has posted a Sims 1 object from the same CD. You can find it on this page.

1658. TSO comes to Japan

Written on Thursday 18 March 2004 at 21:08 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

In the March issue of the TSO newsletter, Maxis has said that The Sims Online will be released in Japan next Saturday. Together with that announcement, they've also launched a Japanese website for TSO. This is slightly odd, as the game still has not been officially released in Europe yet. The game is considered a failure by many people, yet EA tries to gain more players this way. Japanese players will live in the same cities as all existing players. It's now possible to type in Japanese character in TSO. On another note, there's a new interview with a TSO developer (Walter Ianneo) at this page. If you want to try out the game, remember to download the free 14 day trial from FilePlanet.

1659. Sims 2 Screenshots [Update]

Written on Thursday 18 March 2004 at 20:07 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

Maxis has published 3 new screenshots, which will probably be included in the next e-mail of the newsletter. They show you what you can do with CaSIE, and how the "Sims 2 Body Shop" can be used to "add your own designs to Sim parts." Since it's been quite long ago that Maxis really talked about CaSIE, perhaps we can expect a release of it in a couple of weeks. Of course that's unconfirmed and it could also still take months for all we know. If you like to see some serious face paint on some Sims, make sure to check out this page. Click the first three thumbnails to see the new screenshots. Thanks to Sterics at SimsExpress for the tip.

[Update 22:45] Maxis seems to have taken the images offline already. We've taken the opportunity to post them after all, like several other sites have already done. Click the thumbnails below to see them completely.

1660. SimDay: Not much

Written on Thursday 18 March 2004 at 13:32 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's SimDay again, but not a very big one. Maxis is preparing for their move which will happen next week. However, there are a few things to mention. First of all the two graphics which we showed you last weekend. See that news item for those graphics. Next is the Bustin' Out CD. If you've followed it well, you already have one cd with all the art. The art for the second CD has also been posted, and you can now download that with or without the music of that CD. Click here to get it. If you don't have the first CD yet, you can download it from the same page. Altogether it's about 120 Mb. Finally, there's the Spring Garden Show, which was announced last week. If you want to see those beautiful Spring gardens, click here. That's all already for this week, and next week there won't be a SimDay due to the move. Maxis will be back on April Fool's day, so prepare for some kind of prank from them in 2 weeks.