SIMS ADDICTION

This started with a wrong click to a place called a123.com, which later on led to a regular visit of y8.com.... soon, I was searching for the hottest simulation games available, which brought me to the local cybershop to purchase the old version of this image you see on the right.

I spent many nights building houses, families, and eventually breaking them down only to be put up again. The characters in the game had jobs, lovelives, actual feelings that could be measured through light bars. Amazing.

I wasn't contented with that, though. I went back to the cybershop to get the DVD of the newer game, The Sims 2. This one is the bomb. This version allows you to modify genetics, download custom content from other addicted gamers through so many different sites, and so on. No explanation would be good enough because this is really an experiential game more than anything.

There is no trashing The Sims even with all the flack the newest (Sims 3) is getting right now. The 7+ sign you see on the box--- even if there is a ton of sexual content in the game--- is a great thing for me. See, I get to hang out when my daughter plays, so that works well for us. I mean, it doesn't work too well for her, but, ah, who cares--- more than I do? For most parts, I get to explain to her through the game how learning skills, building social networks and having recreation helps in improving life. She now has a good idea of what an aspiration is.

I have removed my YM, Limewire, Metacafe, and a whole bunch of other programs just to accommodate my huge Sims 2 game. And even if my computer hardly runs now because of this large file, no regrets. I guess this is how all addicts feel, huh?