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781. Happy Birthday TSZ

Written on Monday 17 November 2003 at 03:18 by Jendea - 0 comments.

782. TS2: Build mode

Written on Sunday 16 November 2003 at 05:18 by ChEeTaH - 9 comments.

Still from San Francisco, I'm going to give you some more information about TS2. Like yesterday I'll be writing a bit about the game. It's only a small bit though, as we did receive too much information to write about here. You can still expect the special to be put up later this week. Read more to find out about the new building options in TS2... Read More!

783. Bustin' Out Preview

Written on Tuesday 11 November 2003 at 16:08 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

IGN has posted a preview of Bustin' Out on the consoles a few days ago. Besides discussing Create A Sim, the campaign mode and some technical things, they also discuss the special features of each version:

"PS2, GameCube and Xbox owners are each getting some unique features. The option for a 720p display will be available for the Xbox. PS2 owners will get an online option where they can host a "Sims Weekend" event where everything that you've unlocked in your game will be open for you and other players to enjoy online. Players come over to your town and trade items and other goodies. It's basically a cool interactive way to cheat and get items that you otherwise wouldn't have unlocked. Think Animal Crossing but without the bizarre looking critters and leaves. The connectivity between GameCube and GBA allows you to buy an arcade cabinet in the console game that your sim can walk up to and "play." When he or she does, the GBA game then becomes a minigame player that lets you run through up to eight mini games if you have the GBA version of Bustin Out and 4 if don't have the GBA cartridge. The money you earn in your minigame session will be transferred to your GameCube character's account. While you're playing your minigame on GBA, your GameCube sim is standing at the arcade doing his or her "videogaming" animation."

There are many comparisons to the PC version of the game, but less to the console version that's been out for a while too. Besides this preview on this page, there are also two new pieces of art in the Bustin' Out GBA section at IGN. You can see them right here.

784. The Sims 2 Media

Written on Sunday 9 November 2003 at 23:50 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This weekend we can provide some media for The Sims 2 again, directly from Maxis. This week there's one movie and 2 screenshots (of which one old one). But first: a The Sims 2 newsletter. Maxis has launched a new one for The Sims 2, "The Sims 2 Scoop", which will provide in-depth info about The Sims 2: screens, videos, special offers and more. You can sign up for that at http://preferences.fun.ea.com/ea/mf_TheSims2.asp. On to the movie: remember the shy and outgoing girls who starred in the filmstrip 2 weeks ago? They've now been seen in full motion, telling the same story: who kisses the boy next door first? We can give it to you in two versions: high quality (14 Mb) and low quality (3 Mb). You'll need QuickTime to see it. Finally, the two screenshots, which this time show how easy you can change the entire look of a room. Note that these images are quite big and might take a while to load:

785. Post-Simday

Written on Sunday 9 November 2003 at 23:09 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's been Simday a few days ago, but since then a few more things have happened at the official site. The first thing is an ad for a "focus group", which Sims fans who live in the San Francisco Bay area can sign up for. If you're between 14 and 34, then you can sign up to give your opinion about The Sims on Monday 17 or Tuesday 18 November (which is in just over a week). You can earn a $75 fee, for just one and a half to two hours of 'work'. More information is right here. Secondly, and finally, there's the chat transcript of last Thursday's chat, with Luc Barthelet, about The Sims 2 and Bella Goth. About 500 people entered the chat, which made it very busy for the moderators. A lot of questions got answered in 1 hour, but there were many left unanswered too. Some of the major new things are that 'CAS' (Create A Sim, which Luc hopes will be named "SimExtruder") won't be released until December, simply because it's not ready yet. Marrying an NPC (yes, it is possible apparantly), won't mean the NPC will lose his/her job. They'll even have a personality. Like the tragic clown, we won't see Servo in The Sims 2. There will be tutorials for creating body meshes etc. As for cheats: The Sims 2 will have them, and rosebud, which Will Wright came up with, will still exist. The length of one part of a Sim's lifecycle is known: babies are only 2-3 sims days, before they'll grow up to toddlers. The final system requirements should arrive in a few days. There's also a bit of news about the amount of floors. According to Luc there will be 4 floors in total (3 plus an attic), but with the "I believe" after it we can't be 100% sure. Thought bubbles will now be in colour, and of course there will be gnomes and pink flamingoes again. Two of the unanswered questions (well, the french one was answered with "Je ne sais pas" which means "I don't know" are "What kind of weather will there be? Just rain and sunshine" and "Je sais que vous comprenez pas tous le francais mais es ce que Sonia et Sandra seront cancer?". Many others probably never saw the screens of the visitors, or made it to the transcript. For the complete transcript, with many, many more questions and answers, click here.

786. The Sims 2: Shots and Info

Written on Saturday 1 November 2003 at 20:50 by ChEeTaH - 4 comments.

We have some brand new screenshots, directly from Maxis again. But before those, we also have some info about the gameplay. There's nothing completely new in this. First of all, as we know, Sims will grow up in 6 stages: from infant, toddler, child, teen, adult to elder. Elders will live long enough to see their grandkids grow up, but the definite lifespan is still undetermined. Of course the Newbies and the Goths will be back, and if you like it you can make them divorce. Finally some building info: you will be able to place doors and windows on diagonal walls, and Sims will be able to learn which bed is theirs. You have to teach them though. Ok, now the things you've been waiting for: the screenshots. The first one shows a couple of toddlers, the second one a pregnant woman. Click the shots below to see bigger versions:

787. Halloween Extravaganza

Written on Friday 31 October 2003 at 22:02 by Sumit - 0 comments.

Yes, more Hacks and a window too. Have a great Halloween guys, and thanks for the great support. Expect more things soon, including a nice Thanksgiving update, on the proper time. So sim kidos keep it safe while ya'll go treating and simteens keep from getting caught on your tricks today. So Happy Halloween and all have a very merry Thanksgiving.

A Witch Lawn Ornament (Hacked Animations)


A Ghost Lawn Ornament (Hacked Animation)


A Window decorated with Halloween stickers

788. Halloween Beginnings

Written on Friday 31 October 2003 at 06:37 by Sumit - 0 comments.

To start ya'll off this Halloween, we've got ya a Hacked Ghost sculpture to decorate your yard with! Watch your sims act so very strange at the interaction with this ghost, its almost as if this Ghost is just to wierd for the neighborhood.

Well the only hack is that sims will act so very strange with it, coming on to it and getting scared or even scaring the poor little ghost when they've got the chance. Check it out here!

789. SimDay

Written on Thursday 30 October 2003 at 23:24 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's SimDay again, and this week there's quite a lot about Makin' Magic in it. First of all, there's the chat, the exchange and the GameSpot review we wrote about earlier. To make it complete, there's also a press release about the shipping of Makin' Magic, right here. Next is the second review, from IGN. They're very positive like GameSpot and rate it 8.2 out of 10. There are a few sidenotes though, for instance that they find "the magical nature of the expansion charming but incompatible with the basic concept of the series" and that the scrolling around is still a bit jerky. No word about annoying bugs like in Superstar though. You can read it right here, of course with some screenshots. Now about the other the Sims games: Maxis has posted a sneak preview of the Sims 2 Preview CD that comes with Makin' Magic. A preview of a preview that we've posted some time ago. You can now download it from this page at the official Sims 2 site. Next there's an interview about Bustin' Out with Mike Perry, producer of the game. There's nothing real new in it. If you're interested though, go here. Finally, there's a new download for Superstar, which will bring Sarah McLachlan to Studio Town. If you have Superstar, you can get it right here. That's all again for this week.

790. Makin' Magic released

Written on Wednesday 29 October 2003 at 13:25 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Yesterday Makin' Magic was released in the US, and Europe will follow on Friday. Many of you might already be playing the game, and as usual the new exchange is up as well. You can now download and upload your Magic Town areas on the official site. Click here to go to the exchange. With the release, this chat of course couldn't be about anything else but Makin' Magic. Jenna Chalmers (Designer) and Jonathan Knight (Producer) will be the guests of honour tomorrow night at 3pm PST (11pm in the UK, midnight in Europe). Click here tomorrow night to find a link to the chatroom. Of course the first reviews have also popped up already. GameSpot gives it a 8.3 out of 10 without much criticism. Only the graphics are noticed as being outdated - still. However, the (quite short) review might be the most interesting for the massive amount of screenshots it's been posted with over 30 screenshots(!) To read the review, click here. For the screenshots, click here. WorthPlaying hasn't posted a review yet, but it has added a few screenshots, which you can find here. They've also posted 2 new trailers. To download those, 7.5 and 8 mb, go here. The Makin' Magic review index at The Sims Zone will soon be launched, and there you'll be able to find more reviews of the game, as usual. Stay tuned.