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801. Sim Brother Catchup #1

Written on Friday 10 October 2003 at 02:00 by Andy - 0 comments.

To catch up on the weekend and what has been going on in and around the Sim Brother house, click on the following. More coming soon in preparation for the big night


Graham's Eviction Special!
The Hustings!
Their Last Task Assignment!

802. Day 42 - Four Men and a Forfeit

Written on Friday 3 October 2003 at 20:15 by Andy - 0 comments.

What have the four housemates done on their last complete day together in the Sim Brother house? This news - and betting news from "Simbrokes" - is all in here!

803. Day 41 - Freefall or four fail?

Written on Friday 3 October 2003 at 20:00 by Andy - 0 comments.

It is the day of the Freefall Zone evaluation. Were the housemates successful in their task? The result and more is all in here!

804. SimDay: More articles

Written on Thursday 2 October 2003 at 22:33 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's SimDay again, which means new links from the official site. This week: a chat with Dr. Vu (about SimCity 4 (Deluxe) and the Rush Hour expansion pack), some links, and The Sims Double Deluxe download pack #3. To start with the last thing: the third and final download pack of Double Deluxe is now available in a package of 1.74 Mb. It contains, tables, fountains, wallpapers, and more. You need at least Vacation, Unleashed or Superstar to be able to use the objects. They're already included in The Sims Double Deluxe, in case you bought that. You can download it (and the previous 2 packs) from Get Cool Stuff at the official site... Read More!

805. Day 40 - Being like the birds

Written on Wednesday 1 October 2003 at 02:00 by Andy - 0 comments.

The Freefall Zone is now available to the housemates to practice their manoeuvres. How did Graham and Ruud manage in their attempts in flying like birds? This and more is all in here!

806. New Makin' Magic Shots

Written on Tuesday 30 September 2003 at 23:33 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

GameSpot has posted 8 new screenshots of Makin' Magic. 2 of them are renders (one of them is shown below), the rest are regular shots. To see GameSpot's screenshots, including the older ones they posted, click here.

807. Sim Brother - Kelly's Out !

Written on Sunday 28 September 2003 at 02:00 by Andy - 0 comments.

Find out what Kelly had to say to Will about her time in the house, if you can understand it through the swearing. It's all in here, plus the mystery of where SB3 went is revealed!

808. Chat Transcript

Written on Saturday 27 September 2003 at 14:20 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Contrary to what the original SimDay post said, last thursday's chat wasn't with Jonathan Knight but with Jenna Chalmers instead. She's one of the designers on Makin' Magic. Here are a few quotes from Jenna, about Rollercoasters, living in Magic town, spells for kids, a spell to get money, and careers:

"We wanted to give you pieces to play with...so that you could build your own rollercoaster. You will have various track pieces....and also larger "ride" pieces."
"Magic Town has three residential lots. In order to move there, it will cost you simoleons and magicoins. You earn magicoins by performing magic in magic town."
"There is a spell where the kids can send a "clone" to school in their place, which i guess means they could stay home and study :-)"
"Of course! Rain of Riches will create tresure on your lot that you can sell or enjoy of course, if it backfires you get.... Rain."
"Magic does not replace your career...but since you can create money, you may not be interested in going to work any longer. Like the kids, you can send a clone to work in your place. Even though you don't *need* a job, you will still want to work on those skills, especially logic, mechanical, and cooking."

There's a lot more about specific spells, the dangerous animals (dragons, snakes), content of the pack, and more. There will be chats every thursday at the same time (3PM PST, which is 11pm in the UK, and midnight in most of Western Europe). The next guest is yet unknown though. For the chat transcript from last thursday, click here. It's quite a long chat, but worth the read if you're interested in Makin' Magic.

809. SimDay

Written on Thursday 25 September 2003 at 10:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Just like many other SimDays, this one has a few links to articles again. However, we've discussed them all already. This week there are 2: the Bustin' Out (GBA) interview with Virginia McArthur at IGN, and the third designer diary at GameSpot. Besides that, there's (still) the news about the chat tonight with Jonathan Knight. There's also something we expected: the second Double Deluxe Object pack. That's the second download with new objects from Double Deluxe. You can get it from Get Cool Stuff, where you can also get the first pack that was released last week. The new pack contains 8 objects including African and Asian house objects. Finally, there's something more about Fansites: There was a chat last week about Maxis hosting fansites. Now there's something that's just for the links: Webmasters have to re-add their site to the list. However, now you'll have more control over the link, plus you can add a description to it. You need to be product registered and logged in to be able to add your site. For a list of fansites, or to submit yours to the official site, click here.

810. The Sims 2 Diary #3

Written on Wednesday 24 September 2003 at 17:56 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

GameSpot has posted the third edition of the designer diary of The Sims 2. This time VP PC Development Lucy Bradshaw and Creative Director Charles London. They mainly talk about moods. They talk about how Sims now do not 'live in the moment', but you can see their emotions constantly. Examples are shown of a happy, a depressed, a shy and an outgoing Sim. This diary is somewhat special: it comes with a few clips. They also talk about "memories" of the Sims. Here's an example of how that works:

"[...] Not only will a sim remember if he or she was jilted by a lover, but another sim who witnesses the event will also remember it, and will be able to share it with their friends. After the breakup, the jilted sim might still be reeling from heartbreak. A friend who "heard it through the grapevine" can lessen the pain with a simple pat on the back. However, salt can also be poured on the sim's wound when he or she sees his or her old flame with a new love. It's this type of context that introduces surprises, crazy successes, and failures to the game--along with a dynamic new strategy."

You can read the whole article right here. Along with that, they've posted 4 short clips showing the moody Sims in motion. Those can be found at the media page. You need at least a (free) GameSpot Basic account to download the clips. Together (High-res QuickTime versions) they're about 5 Mb, with more than half of it taken up by the Shy animation (2.9 Mb). There are also MPEG versions, which can be played by most regular media players (so you don't need QuickTime). Although those are smaller and thus faster to download, the quality is poorer compared to the QuickTime versions.