Comments on: Casbah Curators’ Choice Ends in High Mark Despite Controversy

By: Caitie

Caitie — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:21:00 +0000

I love that I’m not the only one who’s thought about this, lol. Maybe say that it’s not random? Maybe we have a “Galaxy Quest” situation here, lol. They watch a lot of “Modern Family” on Space-Netflix and became so enamored of the culture that they just had to imitate it. Which would explain why everything in the Sims leans towards the very rich and the modern. Also why they’re so forward on things like LGBTQ+ issues. (The original Sims game was the first video game to feature gay relationships, by a lot.) I just suppose we should be happy that the aliens didn’t become obsessed with “Orange is the New Black” instead, huh?

By: Ydorh Telivehk

Ydorh Telivehk — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:22:00 +0000

I found it helps if I think of Sims as a wholly alien species, living in an alien reality; that just happens to look and act vaguely like humans from time to time.
From what I’ve seen, the console games seem to have had far more instances of truly humanizing Sims, but the fiction works reasonably well with the PC series for me.
I just accept Sim-Time and Earth-Time as completely unrelated phenomena. Unless I missed something in Seasons, I wouldn’t bring Gregorian timekeeping into the mix, just leave it as a presumed solar calendar and avoid any further assumptions.

By: Caitie

Caitie — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 03:56:00 +0000

True. And I actually don’t like it as much. The whole point of the Sims is that it’s timeless. Which it almost has to be — you go through two, three, five, ten generations of sims. Ten generations; that’s 200 – 250 years. And yet Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandmother Amelia lives in the same culture, wears the same clothes, speaks the same language, has the same technology, etc., as her great-great-etc-grandchild. Weird enough if they live in some fairy universe that is like and yet not like our own. Frankly impossible if they live in suburban Phoenix, Arizona.

By: Sam Yu

Sam Yu — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:56:00 +0000

That I guess you’ll have to ask Maxis because I can’t figure it out. Honestly, this iteration is the first that has many references of the human world (i.e., dates, locations).
Maybe I will be able to whip up some explanation in the future XD

By: Caitie

Caitie — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 21:48:00 +0000

These things are so immersive. You guys do such an impressive job making it look like this is a real news story. Quick question: how will the Gregorian numbering for the years work? What’s Year 1?

By: myriah guyton

myriah guyton — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 07:31:00 +0000

this would be so awesome if this was a free patch kinda thing -wink wink-