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641. HSN: Nightlife Gameplay Videos
Written on Sunday 17 July 2005 at 04:40 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.
Yesterday we already reported about a preview from IGN about Nightlife, now they've also added six movies to watch or download. All are brief gameplay movies. The first shows a kid on the dancefloor, requesting a song. That can be either fast, medium or slow. In the second one you see a sim singing on the karaoke machine, and one with some cologne trying to do the same. Movie three is all about a vampire who goes to sleep in his coffin. In the next movie, a vampire has just been exposed to some light of the flasher of the photo booth. The picture appears in the inventory and can be placed on a wall or somewhere else. The same vampire heads over to the bowling alley in movie five, where he stalks a Sim and turns into a bat. In the final one, he drives away from a garage in his car. All clips are short - less than 30 seconds each. You can find them on IGN's videos page.
 

642. HSN: 1Up Previews the Sims 2 (Consoles)
Written on Sunday 17 July 2005 at 04:29 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.
After other sites posted their previews of the Sims 2 on the three big consoles (PlayStation 2, XBox, GameCube), gaming site 1Up follows with a preview about what they've seen at the Hot Summer Night event last Thursday. In it, they give a little more new info again. First of all they say there will be more than 4,000 articles of clothing, each with four variants as well. 1Up continues to mention the culinary options. Ingredients can be taken fruit trees, herb gardens, fish tanks and more, all to be either baked, blended or served raw. The editor also calls aging more of a curse than anything else - but it's been left out of the console version. More objects, social options, areas and the new creativity aspiration should all make up for that.

They also go a little more in-depth about the direct control. By pressing the shoulder buttons you can go through the Sims you want to control. The one that is deselected will continue with what he or she was doing. The editor also appreciates the lack of many interface bars etcetera cluttering up the screen. The interface is nice and clear, without any unnecessary information on it. It's "much more accessible to the more casual console gamer" while keeping the depth of the PC game.

Read the complete preview for more details.
 

643. USC Contest Winners Revealed
Written on Saturday 16 July 2005 at 05:07 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.
Maxis has revealed the winners of the big Student Life Movie Contest. A new intro on the official site shows snapshots of the winning movies. Limbo1n has won the contest with his movie "Everyday", and will receive either $5,000 or an intern position at Maxis for four weeks. Runner up was Aprylhalbrooks14 with "Day in the Life," which was also awarded as best drama. Best Comedy went to Decorgal21572 with her "Waking Up" and Greencutie99 won the best documentary award, with her "Changes". All videos can be downloaded from the contest winners page. You can also vote for your favourite at MTV. There you can see an additional movie, "The Internship" by M1thcm, and vote for that or one of the other four. See the voting page for more details.
 

644. HSN: Nightlife Video Interview and Previews
Written on Saturday 16 July 2005 at 04:59 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.
The Hot Summer Night information flood keeps going, this time with some more about Nightlife. GameSpot brings a video interview with Tim LeTourneau, including a lot of in-game footage, as well as a preview. IGN has a text preview as well. All the details are inside.
 
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645. HSN: The Sims 2 (Consoles and Handhelds) Previews [Update]
Written on Saturday 16 July 2005 at 04:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.
There aren't just videos, but also several previews of the Sims 2 on the consoles and handhelds. Both GameSpot and IGN checked out the games at EA's Hot Summer Night event, and have written articles about them. Read on for the details.

[Update 2:40] IGN has now also posted a preview of the PSP version. The information in the specific paragraph has been updated.
 
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646. HSN: The Sims 2 (Consoles and Handhelds) Videos
Written on Saturday 16 July 2005 at 03:47 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.
After yesterday's footage, there are now several more videos of the Sims 2 on consoles and handhelds. There's also a video interview from GameSpot with producer Scot Amos, who talks about the console version of the game (PlayStation 2, GameCube and XBox). Read on for all the details and information about the videos.
 
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647. Strangerhood Studios on TV
Written on Friday 15 July 2005 at 05:02 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.
It's been fairly quiet around the Strangerhood lately, a sitcom series which is made with the Sims 2 and published on the Internet by Rooster Teeth Productions. The team has been busy making six episodes for Strangerhood Studios. It features the same characters as the regular Strangerhood series, but follows a different plotline. You can see the episodes on the Independent Film Channel (IFC). It's supposedly the first machinima series on broadcast television. The first three episodes can already be downloaded. Two from the Strangerhood Archive, or all three from the IFC website. There's no word yet about when the other three episodes will be available for download, if ever.
 

648. Nightlife T-Mail 4
Written on Friday 15 July 2005 at 04:47 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.
Tim LeTourneau is back from his tour through Europe, and has also attended the Hot Summer Night event at EA to show off Nightlife to the press. He doesn't forget about the fans though, and has sent out an e-mail with a little update on Nightlife, as well as three new screenshots. As for the news, Tim says there has been a lot of improvement while Tim was gone. The Karaoke Machine and the Bowling alley have for example been improved, but the child animations for the Smustle, a group dance for Sims, have also been made. Two of the screenshots show that dance. Read on for Tim's entire e-mail, or just click on the thumbnails to see the full size screenshots.

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649. HSN: Nightlife Video and Interview
Written on Friday 15 July 2005 at 04:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.
There's more stuff from the EA Hot Summer Night. This time it's about Nightlife again. After some screenshots, gaming site GameSpot has posted a few more things about the expansion pack. First of all there's a gameplay video released by EA, which you can get off the media page or from GameSpy. It shows several things that have been shown on screenshots before, but now in motion. That includes dining and dancing, cars, the poker table, the bowling alley and the karaoke machine.

Other than that, GameSpot has interviewed Tim LeTourneau, Senior Producer of Nightlife. In the written interview, Tim explains the dating game, the new objects and interactions. News is that Sims might receive a love letter in their mailbox after a great night out. Dream Dates can result in a number of rewards, including promotion at work. The Outing Score is also mentioned. It's like the date meter, except for when you go out with a bigger group. The group needs to have fun.

During the six minute video interview Tim tells pretty much the same. The video also shows some of the in-game footage in the other video. You can stream it with a free GameSpot Basic account from the media page.
 

650. HSN: The Sims 2 Video
Written on Friday 15 July 2005 at 04:15 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.
During the Hot Summer Night event EA has given a video of the Sims 2 to the attending press. It's been posted on several gaming sites already including GameSpot and GameSpy. On the latter one you can download the video in several versions without registration. The video goes through all versions of the game with in the background a remixed version of the Sims 2 tune. You can see the Console, GBA, DS, PSP and even the Phone editions. Several scenes of all these games are shown, all from within the game. See the video to find out for yourself.