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Sims2

My Friend bought me The Sims 2 Deluxe for Christmas, and only today did I get around to installing it on my computer. I became interested in this game a few years ago, and then more recently when I read an article on it by a writer named Chuck Klosterman (check him out if you haven't heard). Since then, I heavily anticipated what my sim life would be like. Of course, I thought it was going to be amazing... I was so wrong about that.

I didn't bother to read the instructions before game play. I figured I would pick up tips along the way, I mean how hard can it be to simulate your own life? Apparently, difficult.

It started off positive. My Sim Jen was in love with her Sim husband. They couldn't keep their hands off of eachother all night, and they only wanted to make eachother happy. This sparked Sim Jen to want a baby (which I never figured out how to do, and so my Sim Jen was very disappointed). I didn't know how to find them jobs, so they acquired no life skills and became bored. They refused to sleep in the same bed, or in separate beds, no matter what kind of bed I bought them. Each one only wanted to sleep on the left hand side of the bed, so they would have to take turns sleeping. Sometimes Sim Jen would go sleep on the couch because she's not a complainer. When out on a date, they wouldn't sit together, so the date was never successful. My Sim husband was always flirting and dreaming about other girls which made my Sim Jen jealous. She never made any friends of her own.

I also found it difficult to navigate , so it would take me about 6-12 hours to do anything. My Sims were always hungry and tired, and would sleep at about 8am. Sometimes they would go out on a date at 9pm and only get back around 6am, in which I would randomly find my Sims sleeping in various places. My Sim husband was found once sleeping in the middle of the road, while Sim Jen by the mailbox in the yard. Sim Jen actually fell asleep standing up at one point. Neither of which is as bad as when my Sim husband wet himself though.

Eventually with lack of sleep, hunger and no career skills, my sims began to fall out of love. The chemistry was still there but the irritation built among them. One day, Sim Jen was making dinner (which she acquired no skills for) and caused a fire. The kitchen went up in flames. Both my Sim Jen (in her bra and underwear - she refused to get dressed) and Sim husband (in his boxers - I tried to get them to be attracted to eachother) tried to extinguish the fire, but it was just too much. My Sim husband became encircled in flames and caught on fire. The Grim Reaper showed up and took my Sim husband away. My Sim Jen pleaded for his life, but to no avail. My Sim Life was destroyed, and the flames continued to burn.

I decided at that point, not to save the game. I think next time, I will go through the tutorial process, and figure out all the complexities of the game. The ironic thing, was as I was trying to extinguish the Sim fire in the kitchen, I didn't hear the timer go off on my oven, and so I almost burned my REAL dinner. The chicken was a little over done, but edible.