Our first post ever! Hello from Katy + Sims 3 ramblings

July 30th, 2009

Hey everyone! First blog post ever. Niiiiice.

Let’s start off with some introduction, shall we? I’m Katy and I do all kinds of things at Thumbmonkey, but particularly i’m in charge of our inventory and keeping lots of stuff in stock on the website. I’m 24 (in a week or so, anyway ;P), I love all kinds of alternative music (especially folk), and socio-political documentaries & offbeat comedies make up most of my favorite movies.

As far as video game interests go, some of my favorites growing up were Super Mario World, Street Fighter II Turbo, Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, Shaq Fu and Disney’s Aladdin game for SNES (don’t knock it until you try it). Some of my obsessions over the past year have been Super Paper Mario, Left4Dead, Bully: Scholarship Edition, Bejeweled 2 and Sims 3.

The Sims 3 is tied with watching the entire series of X-Files for taking up most of my free time recently, and I will spare everyone the super-nerd ramblings of X-Files discussion, so i’d love to talk a bit more about Sims 3. I’ll lay out some bullet points detailing what makes this game a worthwhile play. If you’re curious, read on……..

Fun Sims 3 Stuff:

- Expanded gameplay:
There is a lot of talk about how Sims 3 hasn’t progressed far enough away from the second game to be worthwhile, but I disagree wholeheartedly. The incorporation of neighborhood exploration is enough to make this feel like a whole different game. If you’re a fan of collecting things, especially, you’ll get a big kick out of it.

- More goal-oriented than ever:
If you’ve played Sims games in the past, and found yourself annoyed by how casual the play is (some people get reaaaally bored that way), you’ll appreciate the addition of “Moodlets”, which can easily keep you busy through the duration of your game. Basically, Moodlets determine your Sim’s comfort and happiness. If you don’t keep track of them, your game will likely progress in terrible ways, unless you’re the evil omnipotent type and actually prefer to torture your Sims. I guess that’s okay, too. =) On top of maintaining moodlets, you can choose a lifetime goal for your Sim at the beginning of your game, which will keep you busy working on improving their “skills”, too. I have found myself getting really into the gardening skill, as well as fishing. Sounds nerdy, and it is, but it’s fun. I promise.

- Not the goody two-shoes type? Go crazy:
I have a family of awesomely screwed-up Sims who i’ve created to be evil-genius, computer nerd kleptos who are also inappropriate. It provides definite entertainment, even when they are operating on their own free will. They love to spend the day roaming the neighborhood visiting other Sims, looking for lawn sprinklers and other completely ridiculous items to steal, screaming and shouting to themselves, occasionally making stops to insult strangers, and eventually settle in at home for a night of hacking into various companies’ websites (they can make a living that way if they choose to!!).

I could easily type a novel so I will just end this off here. If you’d like to chat some more about Sims 3, leave me a comment!

- Katy

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