My Sim, Lionel Richie, has died

[Sam.]

How would I know what? That he isnt dead? Or about poor taste?

[radiowaves]

Are the results of an autopsy back yet? Maybe he didn't starve to death, maybe he was poisoned or something? Where were you on the moment he died, when did you find him?

[TerranRich]

Did your Sim at least have a slutty daughter that resembles a skeleton?

[vict0r]

I played sims once.
I played it for, say, an hour? Then I got tired, so I cheated to get money, stuffed the house with chairs and lit the fireplace and told the people to sit down. Then I laughed alittle until I understood what I just did, which led me to throw the whole game in the bin.

[Ghost]

From the vaults of Penny Arcade.

However, I must admit that I'm a bit of a fan of the game. I can't play it with true determination as I can put into other games...*coff*Neverwinter Nights*coff*, but it's amusing for the occasional hour a month.
I never grew so attached to one of the virtual peeps that IÃ,,d mourn his or her death on a forum, though.

[Tiki]

I've never played The Sims, but couldn't you just revert to an older save game when a character dies?

[TerranRich]

IIRC the Sims doesn't have saved game slots. It's been a while.

[Ghost]

The houses ARE the save games, so the only way to make something "unhappen" is leave a house without saving. In that case you return to the house and everything is "reset" to the point where you last entered the house, or simpler, your last play time did not happen.

The Campus add on allows you to phone hell if you buy some reward thing and bring a sim back as a zombie, though.

Oh heck, I AM a geek, ain't I?

[LimpingFish]

Possibly. Yes.

I know it's fashionable to hate the Sims, but I really, really do.

At least Singles has some polygonal T+A. And I hate Singles. I really, really do.

...

Although I hate the Sims more.

[DeviantGent]

I shall attempt to steer this topic to productive uses.

VOTE SAXON.

[BOYD1981]

Singles has nicer features than just nudity, such as the AI remembering schedules, like if you keep making a single take a bath each day at 8pm after a few in-game days they'll remember and do it automatically, but they'll also remember if you change it so they take a shower instead on a thursday at 6pm, which is pretty neat.
i also like the way you have to actually develop a relationship by talking about the other person's interests rather than just talking to them.
i'm hoping they add difficulty levels to The Sims 3 so that kids can play the basic game and adults can play a more advanced version, it would be fun.

[LimpingFish]

I never got past the aformentioned polygonal nudity.

No, I lie, I played it for it bit. But, like The Sims, the repetition made me lose interest.

Norks or no norks, this kind of game just doesn't do anything for me.

Although, at least Singles only cost me 0.99c.

[Domino]

Rest In Peace for your Sim, but Dancing On The Ceiling can be quite dangerous.

[Nacho]

Lorena' s alter ego Sim died once because a satellite hit her, but the grim reaper saved er life... any other weird deaths?

[ManicMatt]

I thought Sims on the PS2 was quite accurate. I put myself and my parents into a house just like mine (Which also conviently happens to be a bungalow in a game that only had 1 floor for a house), and my mum went straight onto the toilet, I went into my room and played games, and my dad sat down and put the telly on. All by themselves! Uncanny!

Meanwhile my brother was living with Tuvok, and Captain picard was getting jealous...

[Hudders]

HELLO?

[Buckethead]

yeah I was always sad when my Sims died too.

With Sims 1 I once had a sim named Steven Kings. He was very succesfull as an astronaut. He had lots of friends. Then he fell in love with that balding cubby guy from the tutorial house. They adobted a boy. After months of playing they suddenly dropped that, all of them. Quite sad really  :'(

Maybe I shouldn't of let them eat outside in winter times.