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881. SimDay yesterday

Written on Saturday 19 April 2003 at 00:18 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Yesterday was SimDay again, but we couldn't post about it then because this site was down - unfortunately. However, there wasn't too much to post about. First of all, there's a new Korean official site of the Sims. There isn't too much about I can say about it, as I don't understand the Korean... but for those who do, click here. The other thing is a contest that's - as quite usual - is open to people in the USA only. This time, people in the states Florida, Rhode Island and New York cannot participate. You can win "two (2) VIP passes (for Winner and Guest) to the TEEN PEOPLE Magazine’s 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 Party – Presented by The Sims Superstar, limousine transportation (for Winner and Guest) to and from all Sponsor designated events and $600 spending cash". There are 20 second prizes, containing Superstar and a pair of shoes worth $130. All you have to do to is entering five email addresses of your friends. You can participate as often as you want, as long as you don't enter an email address twice. Click here for more details about the contest, and here for all the rules. That's all this week from the official site.

882. Announcement: The Add-on Handler

Written on Wednesday 16 April 2003 at 14:00 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Recently I've began working on a new utility for The Sims: The (Sims) Add-on Handler (Abbreviated: TAOH). Like several other tools out there, this will be able to install your downloaded files to The Sims by simply dragging the downloaded files to the window of TAOH - which shows any image you like. But unlike others, this tool will be a lot better! If you want to select the files using a conventional "Open" dialog box, that's possible too. For instance, you won't have to hassle to install roofs manually anymore - this will detect if a file is a skin or roof, and install it as you wish. The same goes for objects and houses. As if that isn't enough, it will also check if Skins are in just 256-colours. Skins that are bitmaps with more than 256 colours (or a palette bigger than that) tend to crash The Sims. The program will simply give you a warning if a file seems to be invalid. But wait! There's more... Read More!

883. Easter Preperations!

Written on Wednesday 16 April 2003 at 04:14 by Sumit - 0 comments.

Easter is on its way, dont leave your sims out in the dark!!! Here is a basket to keep your sims warm for the coming holiday. Let it be known that your sims do not live on easter baskets for Easter, more joy to come, the Easter Bunny is coming to town!

884. Extreme Doors Series

Written on Thursday 10 April 2003 at 01:21 by Sumit - 0 comments.

A series of doors has been brough to you by The Sims Zone. They range from Extreme colors, to light and simple colors. These are truly "mustgets" since you must get it! They look great and some will look so great your sims fall head over heels for it!

Check it all out here!

885. More Superstar screens

Written on Thursday 10 April 2003 at 00:11 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The german website SimsZone has spotted some new images of Superstar at the Gamers' Temple. There are several new pictures of objects, including a recording studio, getting an autograph, the oxygen bar and a photoshoot. These are all 3D renders, so no actual screenshots. Nevertheless, they are looking good. We've included the "Skydiving Simulator" in action below. For all the screenshots (including some older ones), visit this page.

886. IGN Reviews

Written on Tuesday 8 April 2003 at 00:52 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After the release of The Sims on both the GameCube and the X-Box, IGN posted their review of this game. Although they were insider-only before, now everybody can read the review. Like GameSpot, their review comes in two flavours: one for the GameCube, one for the X-Box. That means there's basically just one review, with only small differences when the platform's name is mentioned. Here's a bit of what IGN has to say about the graphics:

"But despite the upgrades, the game still carries with it a few graphical shortcomings in general. Although character animations are smooth and realistic, they often repeat unnaturally and robotically when certain events transpire. Players will occasionally witness their characters sit down to eat, then stand up when they're finished, walk away, walk back over to their chairs, sit down, pick up their plates, and then stand back up and carry it over to the sink for washing. And while the texture resolution is definitely improved, they look fairly muddy when the camera pulls in close to the action. Perhaps the biggest eyesore is the occasionally stuttering framerate that skips a beat here and there during dramatic camera movements through a densely populated house or when the disc fires off a quick load of data."

The whole GameCube edition of the review is right here. The X-Box one is on this page and links to more reviews are in our review index.

887. The Sims (X-Box) review

Written on Sunday 6 April 2003 at 01:51 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Just a bit after posting their review for The Sims on the GameCube, GameZone.com has also posted a review of the X-Box version. Unlike some other sites, these two reviews are different from each other - including the score. Here's a bit of the X-Box review:

"The artificial intelligence, though, sometimes seems more like stupidity. There have been times when guests have been standing in a narrow path, and there's no way for a Sim to get through. This can be a real pain when I absolutely have to get through, like to get to a schoolbus. The people will just continue to stand still and talk, completely ignoring me. It's not always the guests that are stupid, though; Sims often do considerably stupid things against your command, even when in a good mood. One time I told a man to go out and play basketball. When he got outside, he simply stood there. For the whole day. He'd ignore me when I told him to stop playing, and he got hungry, tired, mad, and ended up draining his radiator, so to speak, right on the cement. Eventually, he just fell over asleep, and came inside the next day, in a terrible mood. I figured it was just a fluke. But the next day, another member of the family went and did the exact same thing! It's certainly not a good thing. Usually things aren't that drastic, though - it's generally just stupid little mistakes they make, like walking into the bathroom when someone is on the toilet."

For the complete review which rates the game 7.5 out of 10 (against 8.5 out of 10 for the GameCube version), click here. For more reviews of this game, visit our review index.

888. "EA Announces Plans For The Sims PC Game Reviewer"

Written on Wednesday 2 April 2003 at 01:06 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

That's a new headline at the official site. It comes with a nice press release and a screenshot of this new expansion pack - while Superstar hasn't even been released yet!

"Players can now realize their fantasies of living out of a grey cube, eating nachos, and playing video games all day long. All new game play, new social interactions and a whole new in-game destination offer players an all access pass to the professional world of PC game reviewing. In The Sims PC Game Reviewer, The Sims are indolent co-workers in a highly politicized game of corporate ladder climbing and "reporting" for the ultimate payoff: free games and swag. (...)

"Typical of Maxis and true to the findings at PC Gamer, the new location has a set of amusing objects with unique game play, such as the Hidden Desk Flask, an Inflatable Doll, and Vending Machine Chips. In addition to the Booth Babe, new and zany NPC's include a Banal Editor, and Hapless Intern. Exciting new social interactions are also included such as "Ask to proofread," "Borrow a stapler," "Complain about games," and the hilarious new "Remind of deadline." They guarantee unlimited, open-ended fun and creativity. In The Sims PC Game Reviewer - if it's in the game reviewer, it's in the game!"

And here's the screenshot, with the typical name 'april_fools.jpg' (on the official site anyway) - which makes it all a bit too obvious doesn't it:

Another nice joke to be added to this year's list of april fool's pranks. Like our host, GTA3.Com, who pretended they were hacked - well done guys! Anyway, for the press release of "The Sims PC Game Reviewer", have a look over here - and yes, the page is called april_fools.html. The press release does have some nice (untrue) facts and (fake) quotes. Obvious: yes. But quite nice too. However, according to you many people don't want another expansion pack anymore - you can check the results of our latest poll for that. It's still running, so vote if you haven't done so already!

889. New donation files

Written on Tuesday 1 April 2003 at 02:01 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

No, this is no joke. As usual, we've added donation files again. It's april now, and the files that were locked because they were the donation files for January have been unlocked and you can download them for free now. This month, we have a special download too: a "The Sims Zone Sidebar"! If you don't want to visit us to check the latest headlines, or to see if we have any new files, or just see a bunch of links to other fansites, then this is THE solution for you. This sidebar will install in your browser, and show up on the left of your browser window (like the search panel). Of course you can also hide it if you want. It will automatically update itself, and always download the latest headlines for you. You can visit other sites with the sidebar open like you're used to, and of course there are links to all the fansites in our database on it too! We might be adding even more in the future, and you won't even have to update anything.

As special for your Sims, Jen has designed a nice clothing set, The Sims Zone style. Your Sims can now wear clothes with The Sims Zone's logo on it. You can get that, and the sidebar, if you donate. More donation files will be added later this month.

890. New Poll

Written on Thursday 27 March 2003 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've added a new poll again this week. With all the discussions about Superstar being one expansion pack too many, we wonder if you'd rather see that or The Sims 2... or neither of them. You can vote here, or on the right. As for last week's poll, about our new design: most of you, nearly 50% never saw the old design, but the most of the rest of the people like it. So we're going to keep it. For the exact poll results, have a look at this page. Visit our archive for even more (older) poll results.