Favourite gaming heroes

We talk about book heroes, we talk about TV heroes, but why have I never thought before to make a post about my favourite gaming characters?! While it’s true that I mostly play RPGs or strategy games like The Sims where you make and develop your own characters. But you can’t really have addictively (is […]

A Sim-ful life!

Stefan Jarryd, the chinless freak I wanted to drown as a child, flourishes. I am so glad I did not arrange for an unfortunate accident. He grew up into a rather agreeable teenager, went to university and graduated with honours (or whatever the Sims equivalent is). In Sim State University, he met Simon St James. […]

Third time not-so-lucky

I had a horrible shock yesterday when one of my Sims babies grew up into a chinless wonder! Sims 2 has a reasonably realistic genetics engine in which it picks up characteristics from both parents in offspring. Even though young Maya (yes, yes, I am not very imaginative with names, I know) had perfectly fine […]

A Sim-land update

There is a lot happening around me, but I am so sick of it! Let’s talk about my Sims’ lives for the moment. Much more exciting! Thanks to Marie, I am now no longer allergic to sending Sims to college! At the moment there are about half a dozen Sim teens waiting to go to […]

The Sims 2: Out of Business

It’s been over a week since the official India release of the latest The Sims 2 expansion pack, Open for Business (OFB). However, the game is nowhere to be seen in the market. The reason, if my contact is to be believed, OFB and a couple of other games are stuck at Customs at Mumbai […]