I dunno, it's kind of weird to see all the stuff your Sims can do (violin playing, car repair, etc) and then realizing that you're sitting in front of a screen watching your avatar learn how to sculpt rather than doing it yourself.
I say this, of course, as someone who plays City of Villains at least seven hours a week, and some times closer to twenty. Maybe it's just that I'd rather be a science-fascist with a stolen nuclear missile than a really good sculptor in my daydreams.
This showed up on my F-list on a day when people were posting all of the things they were doing IRL (including arts & crafts) to avoid what they were supposed to be doing. I love it! Now I can do crafts as avoidance behavior -- without actually MAKING anything. Gotta love the 21st Century.
As an ethnicity, Geeks are rapidly becoming more and more diverse. In the 70's, if you had a computer in your home it meant you had constructed it yourself from a kit, and were interested in exactly the same things that every other Computer Geek was interested in. These days, even Video Game Geeks can stare, bewildered, at the bizarre activities of their fellow geeks and think, "What on earth? I just don't get it."
Which is awesome, but diversity is not only the Spice of Life, it's also a necessary attribute for any robust group. A group of MIT kids playing Adventure together makes for a very fragile (and insular) ecosystem, compared to Video Game Culture these days. There are still plenty of MIT kids, but now there are also everything from Sims players, to World of Warcraft geeks to Japanese Dating Sim enthusiasts. Awesome.
However, as far as "The Sims 2: Freetime" goes... I just don't get it. What on earth?
What do you mean, "What's not to get?" if I understood what it was that I didn't understand, then wouldn't I understand it? (:
I'm not saying it isn't cool, I'm just saying that it does _seem_ cool to me--in the same that that WoW doesn't seem cool to a lot of folks. And you must admit, the concept of "simulated fun" is delightfully ironic, no?
This, of course, coming from the straight guy who at times sets off gaydar so hard he's regularly defaulted to "queer" and people are genuinely surprised to find out he likes girls.
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Date: 2007-12-10 07:20 am (UTC)Must get BV first though. I still don't have it.
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Date: 2007-12-10 03:28 pm (UTC)I say this, of course, as someone who plays City of Villains at least seven hours a week, and some times closer to twenty. Maybe it's just that I'd rather be a science-fascist with a stolen nuclear missile than a really good sculptor in my daydreams.
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Date: 2007-12-11 07:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-10 05:24 pm (UTC)Which is awesome, but diversity is not only the Spice of Life, it's also a necessary attribute for any robust group. A group of MIT kids playing Adventure together makes for a very fragile (and insular) ecosystem, compared to Video Game Culture these days. There are still plenty of MIT kids, but now there are also everything from Sims players, to World of Warcraft geeks to Japanese Dating Sim enthusiasts. Awesome.
However, as far as "The Sims 2: Freetime" goes... I just don't get it. What on earth?
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Date: 2007-12-11 01:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-11 04:12 pm (UTC)I'm not saying it isn't cool, I'm just saying that it does _seem_ cool to me--in the same that that WoW doesn't seem cool to a lot of folks. And you must admit, the concept of "simulated fun" is delightfully ironic, no?
(See John Searle's reply to point C here, which is a fascinating debate in its own right...
http://www.scsv.nevada.edu/~beiseckd/SearleNotes.html
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Date: 2007-12-10 09:12 pm (UTC)This, of course, coming from the straight guy who at times sets off gaydar so hard he's regularly defaulted to "queer" and people are genuinely surprised to find out he likes girls.
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Date: 2007-12-11 01:13 am (UTC)Yes, I'll admit, I love the Sims. I can't get into any other video gaming, but I love the Sims.