{"id":17699,"date":"2025-02-11T09:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/wait-the-sims-is-a-lot-bleaker-than-i-remember\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T09:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:37:30","slug":"wait-the-sims-is-a-lot-bleaker-than-i-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/wait-the-sims-is-a-lot-bleaker-than-i-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait! The Sims is a lot bleaker than I remember"},"content":{"rendered":"

When EA surprise-dropped a rerelease of The Sims 1 and 2, I was delighted to return to a defining video game of millennial childhoods \u2013 but it feels different 25 years later<\/p>\n

When I was growing up, the genre-defining dollhouse sim The Sims was the ultimate escape. I\u2019d build dream homes, cultivate a neighbourhood of weird and wonderful friends and live out a fantasy adult life.<\/p>\n

So when EA surprise-dropped a rerelease of The Sims 1 and 2<\/a> last weekend to celebrate the series\u2019 25th anniversary, with all expansions included (my nine-year-old self\u2019s dream) naturally I was compelled to return to my happy place, revisiting my 10-hour pyjama-clad marathon sessions micromanaging the lives of the Newbies, Roomies, and the Goths, and occasionally removing their pool ladders when they were taking a little swim, and only taking a necessary pause for mum\u2019s roast dinner.<\/p>\n

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\nWhen EA surprise-dropped a rerelease of The Sims 1 and 2, I was delighted to return to a defining video game of millennial childhoods \u2013 but it feels different 25 years later
\nWhen I was growing up, the genre-defining dollhouse sim The Sims was the ultimate escape. I\u2019d build dream homes, cultivate a neighbourhood of weird and wonderful friends and live out a fantasy adult life.
\nSo when EA surprise-dropped a rerelease of The Sims 1 and 2 last weekend to celebrate the series\u2019 25th anniversary, with all expansions included (my nine-year-old self\u2019s dream) naturally I was compelled to return to my happy place, revisiting my 10-hour pyjama-clad marathon sessions micromanaging the lives of the Newbies, Roomies, and the Goths, and occasionally removing their pool ladders when they were taking a little swim, and only taking a necessary pause for mum\u2019s roast dinner. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When EA surprise-dropped a rerelease of The Sims 1 and 2, I was delighted to return to a defining video game of millennial childhoods \u2013 but it feels different 25 years later When I was growing up, the genre-defining dollhouse sim The Sims was the ultimate escape. I\u2019d build dream homes, cultivate a neighbourhood of …<\/p>\n

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