We're not building skull thrones

[vovat]

I've been doing a lot more Sims-playing as of late. One of my Sim couples (Cid and Jara Jamb-Smith) had a baby and successfully raised her into childhood. Taking care of babies in the original Sims was kind of irritating, or at least it was until I found out that it's six game-hours in between when you finish calming a baby and it starts crying again. In The Sims 2, I really don't know how long it is, but it actually seemed a little less difficult. And raising a toddler in the game is pretty easy, because you can see their needs, and have a certain amount of control over their actions (I had to keep stopping this particular one from playing with the toilet). The parents potty trained her and taught her to walk and talk. I'm not sure what would have happened if she'd grown to childhood status WITHOUT learning those things.

Anyway, what with all of my recent Simming, working, and convention-attending, I just got around to listening to the They Might Be Giants Valentine's Day podcast, and I must say it's a good one. Both John Flansburgh's "Valentine" and John Linnell's "Microphone" are cool songs, probably among the best new ones I've heard in recent podcasts. (Actually, I'm pretty sure I've heard "Valentine" before, but it was a while ago.) "Mexican Drill" sounds kind of like a whispered version of "Tigerella." "Contraption" is incredibly short, but fun. It reminds me of the songs they did for McSweeney's. And the Eugene Chadbourne song isn't bad, although I still haven't been particularly thrilled by anything of his that I've heard. The fact that he's worked with both TMBG and Camper Van Beethoven is definitely a point in his favor, but that doesn't automatically make his music good.

Comments

[majellen.livejournal.com]

if you fail to have the parents train the kids to talk/walk/potty, there are no major repercussions. They just don't fulfill as many of their wants, so they don't get as many reward points (which they can't use until they're older anyway) and run a risk of growing up badly. Which just gives them a bad memory...as far as I've noticed, THAT has no affect on them either.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Uncle Nathan! (Or are you technically the father?)

The parents potty trained her and taught her to walk and talk. I'm not sure what would have happened if she'd grown to childhood status WITHOUT learning those things.

LOL I just got an image of the Abbot of the History Monks in his playpen saying "You know, it's statistically impossible for the spinners to dislocate because WANNA WANNA BIKKIT!"

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I think I remember reading that growing up badly means the Sim ages more quickly.

I probably should see about using some of those Reward Points sometime. I'm sure some of my Sim families have enough accumulated to buy some of that stuff.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Well, since I created these Sims in the first place and have control over what they do, I suppose that makes me the All-Father.

[majellen.livejournal.com]

The machine that restores all of their meters to full is a great investment, especially when you're trying to achieve high career levels.

The baby milk thing is also pretty good.

Just remember to only use them when their mood is at gold or platinum or else they have a BAD effect.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I went ahead and bought the meter-restoring machine, which helped me out on one occasion. Apparently it can only be used five times, though. Is there a limit like that on the other reward items?

[majellen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, unfortunately, all of the reward items have a limit on usage. But you can buy them over and over again.

The career rewards you can use as often as you'd like, even if your mood sucks.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, fortunately, it isn't usually that hard to gain the reward points. It does kind of bug me when the same ones keep showing up over and over again, though. Like, even if it's easy to earn points by telling someone 20,000 jokes in a row, I get tired of having them do that. I kind of wish they'd vary a little more.