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211. The Sims 2 (PSP) Ships
Written on Thursday 8 December 2005 at 01:04 by
ChEeTaH -
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EA has officially announced that - just in time for Christmas - they have shipped the Sims 2 for the PSP platform. It'll officially be released in North America this friday. The European release date will either be next week (16 December) or in two weeks (23 December) - the press release mentions both dates. We'll give you a final confirmation of the European release date as soon as possible. The game has 20 new locations over five neighborhoods, set in Strangetown to visit, and 100 secrets to reveal. Besides that it's also possible to collect and trade secrets, perks, potions and inventions. For more details, read the
press release or our
preview of the game.
212. Gifts for TSZ and Your Sims
Written on Sunday 27 November 2005 at 22:10 by Jendea -
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Hi everyone!
I'm happy to announce that I will be back at TSZ now as my new sim "home". In the past, I also ran Jendea Simitecture, jendea2 and SimsShoppe in addition to being known as "jen" or TSZjen here. However, from now on, my new creations can be found right here.
I am very pleased to be back as part of the TSZ team.
To celebrate, I've posted my first offering today: a belated birthday object for the TSZ birthday month with recolors for other holidays and events.
You can check it out by clicking on the pic, or take a look at my other sims2 and sims1 offerings here: jendea
213. E-mail/Virus Problems
Written on Sunday 27 November 2005 at 15:08 by
ChEeTaH -
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If you've been trying to e-mail us the past few days, especially to the support, submission, and other generic addresses, it may have been that your e-mail has bounced. This is due to our mailbox quickly filling up with the Sober.X (
Sober.gen - McAfee,
Sober.X - Symantec) worm, that we receive several hundreds of times every day. Although the virus doesn't do much damage to your computer, it does send out a lot of e-mails (without you noticing it), if your computer is infected. The worm can only work in Windows systems.
Please bare with us until the outbreak has died down. If you have sent us an e-mail and got it back with an error, please resend it in a few days. We also recommend
everybody to get a virusscanner (if not already installed), and to make sure it's up-to-date with the latest virus definition files. Do a full scan to make sure you're not infected. You can find links to several virus-scanners on
Download.com. McAfee also has a free
Stinger tool which helps you get rid of the virus. Note that the virus may also disable your virusscanner. Please check that your computer is not infected, or if it is take the necessary precautions to disable the virus. Thank you.
214. Strangerhood 8 Online
Written on Friday 25 November 2005 at 02:12 by
ChEeTaH -
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The Strangerhood is a series by
Rooster Teeth, all made with the Sims 2. The first episode was released shortly after the release of the Sims 2 on PC, and now they're up to episode 8. The episode is called "WSI", a parody on the famous TV-show Crime Scene Investigation. If you want to check out the latest episode then go to its
download page. Go to the
video archive for previous episodes, Strangerhood Studios, and new Sponsor MP3 files (for sponsors only).
215. TurkeyCast
Written on Friday 25 November 2005 at 01:54 by
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It was Thanksgiving this thursday, and to celebrate it Maxis has posted a special podcast, with a very special guest. A
story by felseylax29 and coffeeandbananas, posted on the exchange, has been narrated by a Maxoid in the podcast. So "
dim the light and start a fire (preferrably in a fireplace)", and download the latest
podcast.
216. The Sims on MTV
Written on Monday 21 November 2005 at 00:18 by
ChEeTaH -
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As we
mentioned a while back, MTV has been making a documentary about the Sims. This week it's MTV's Gam0RZ week, and that as you might guess that means the documentary will be aired this week as well. Tomorrow (21 November) at 6PM you'll see it if you tune in to MTV. It's unsure whether the documentary will be aired in Europe and other territories at a later date. Check out the
Gam0RZ Week Website for more details.
217. Nightlife IMVironment
Written on Monday 21 November 2005 at 00:12 by
ChEeTaH -
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To promote the
Yahoo! Messenger a little bit, Maxis has published a so-called IMVironment for the chat program. This makes it possible for you to give your messenger a Nightlife look. IMVironments are only available for the latest Windows version of Yahoo! Messenger.
Download the IMVironment if you want to try it out.
218. Belated Birthday Goodies
Written on Friday 18 November 2005 at 06:00 by Andy -
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Whether you would like to rub shoulders with a young royal, find a supermarket that sells almost anything, get a new medium-range house or instead take out your frustrations on a certain man who does not approve of hot coffee, here are some more downloads to celebrate our fourth birthday at TSZ.
Click right here!
Happy Birthday again from TSZ and thankyou for your continued support.
Dag dag!
219. Happy Birthday to TSZ!
Written on Thursday 17 November 2005 at 23:38 by
ChEeTaH -
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Once apon a time, 17 November 2001 to be precise, a new Sims site was born. A team from a closed site about their mutual hobby had relaunched it, but differently. Their aspiration: to become one of the biggest fansites for the Sims in the world...
It's exactly four years later now, and we're well under way of getting to our Lifetime Want. Maybe not quite there yet, but we're still in our teenage years and have a lot of time to get there, if need be using some Elixir of Life to stay young. As long as Mr. Reaper doesn't pay a visit we'll continue to bring you the best in the Sims news, information, downloads, and more. The latest download,
Yua the Banshee by Starrats, is a little gift for you on our fourth birthday. Next stop: 5 years old. Only 365 nights to go...
Thanks to the entire team, current and past, everybody at Maxis, affiliates, and everybody else who has helped TSZ become what it is now, four years on!
220. XBox Sims titles not compatible with XBox 360
Written on Sunday 13 November 2005 at 15:02 by
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Microsoft will be releasing the XBox 360, the next generation XBox console, in a couple of weeks. One of the big discussions about the new console has been backwards compatibility with the current XBox games. An emulator will have to be installed (either via XBox Live, download or CD) for old games to work. The emulator also requires a hard drive, which only comes with the more expensive version of the XBox 360. However, the emulator does not support all games. Microsoft has released a
list of 212 games which can be run with the emulator. The Sims (Get A Life), The Sims Bustin' Out, The Urbz and the Sims 2 all cannot be found on the list, and thus aren't likely to run on the new platform but on the original XBox only. Microsoft has promised more games will be added to the list in the future, but whether the existing Sims titles will ever work is unsure.