I finally got back around to playing The Sims 2! Read on to see how our families are getting on now that weather and holidays are into the mix…

It’s been a while since I’ve played The Sims 2, yes. Been too busy running through complete campaigns for Tiberian Sun Firestorm, Condition Zero Deleted Scenes, and Generals Challenges.
Anyway, I’ve decided to take on a new writing style for these stories. Rather than playing a session, and taking pics throughout of stuff that might be interesing – I’ll just add it into the story as I go along and upload the pics as I go along. Alt-Tab to Firefox FTW.

Let’s check what’s currently happening with the household:

• Chris is after coming back from his Final Exam with the A+ I decree he must get. 3 more semesters to go before graduation!
• Shanna appears to still be bugged and not suffer from Need or Aspiration decay. She is currently doing her Final Exam to complete Freshman year. An A+ will return.
• Brian, who is let run amok is not taking proper care of himself. He is also caught in the master bed, for which he will be punished.
• Jessie is, well I dunno what he’s up to, but he has a lot of Wants to eat food even though his Hunger is almost full….

First off, a proper introduction to the housemates, and the house!

Brian Chen – Oversize jaw, and no sense of dress sense whatsoever. Was a Townie before he went to college with Chris.

Shanna Wong – Tomboy, and the freak of the household as neither her needs nor her aspiration decay…..
At least this makes her the perfect homecare and friend-maker slave.

Chris Daly – Me. ‘Nuff said.

Jessie Anderson – Neat freak, the other of the original Townies that moved in with Chris.

The outside view of the Hoh-Cham Greek House. Motherlode is nice

It probably would have made more sense to start this as soon as I started playing The Sims 2, but the thought didn’t come to me until recently…..

Anyway, I hope to put up a series of posts about what I’ve “accomplished” in my sessions of The Sims 2. Currently, my version of the game has all expansions up to Pets (I would have Seasons, but I gave that to Avy ), just in case some of the stuff that happens seems odd to you.

Anyway, before I start writing these posts, maybe a little “story so far” would be in order:

• Started off in Pleasanview. Seemed the most “normal” of the three to play on.
• Made the primary family I’d play – consisting of teen Chris (i.e. me), and his dog Baby Bear (he’s better off as a dog than a cat, right?)
• Also made a father, John – as sent him off to Suicide Point as soon as they moved in.
  1 – To kill him off because I didn’t want to play with a parent around.
  2 – Because my real father left me and my mom when I was only 3, and he’s dead to me, so this is practically the same thing.
  John died a classic death – a pool with no ladder.
• Chris went through his Teen years. Baby Bear went through some of his Adult years.
• Chris moved to college (Academie le Tour) with some other friends from the neighbourhood.
• Chris went through1 year of college.
• After a nice injection of cash (*cough* motherlode *cough*), they moved into the Chancellor’s Hacienda and transformed it into the Hoh-Cham Greek House.
• Another year went by, with a new household member.

This brings us to the current situation:

Chris is currently in the first semester of his Junior Year. He is studying Philosophy since it is the one that has most emphasis on Cooking skill, of which Chris has 8 points. His Lifetime Want is to own 5 Top Level Businesses, so restaurants and fresh food stores will be the businesses of choice. He has a shitload of Aspiration points which will be saved up for Elixirs and Kibbles of Life.

Right, off to the game to continue the story! I’ll take snapshots and possibly videos (might not get them at first, since I’ll only upload them if I can get the FlowPlayer FLV player to work right, if it does then woohoo!)