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601. SimDay

Written on Thursday 22 January 2004 at 10:34 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's another SimDay, which means there's Sim News again. Let's start off with 6 new Bustin' Out MP3s. Maxis already released 6 songs on MP3 from Bustin' Out last week, and this week they've added another 6. You can find them by following this link. More Bustin' Out news: the fansite contest winners have been announced. Maxis picked 5 Bustin' Out fansites, which have now won and will be contacted by email. Congratulations! The winners can be found at this page. When it comes to The Sims 2, there isn't much new this week. First of all, remember there's a chat tonight with Luc Barthelet. Maxis has also posted an interview with ManagerJosh from our affiliate WorldSims. If you're ready to read what makes him "scream and faint", then follow this link to the interview. Finally, Maxis has updated their Sims 2 FAQ. They've added the questions Luc Barthelet sent to a select group of fansite webmasters last monday. Nothing else has really changed. That's all for this week again.

602. New Poll

Written on Thursday 22 January 2004 at 10:21 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've added a new poll again last night, this time asking you if your Sims ever get abducted by aliens because they were looking through the telescope in the wrong place at the wrong time. There are already nearly 50 votes at the time of writing, and if you haven't done so already you can join them. Vote at the right or at this page. The old poll was about the favourite food of your Sims. Even though they eat the same meal every time, we never really knew what was on those plates. You gave us your thoughts, and Hamburgers/Junkfood is the most popular food in SimCity. Pasta is a close second, closely followed by steak. Vegetables and Other food ended up on the same spot right behind the steak. Pancakes, Fish 'n Chips and Egg with Bacon got the remaining of the 435 votes. See the exact results at this page.

603. Sims 2 FAQ

Written on Monday 19 January 2004 at 23:38 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

On the BBS, Maxis has asked the viewers if they had any questions about The Sims 2 which they wanted an answer to. Maxis has done what they promised, and answered the 10 most popular questions this week. These range from the amount of floors, sleepovers, careers, death, and moving out. Maxis also sent the information that the last video, with the Sim being abducted by aliens, was captured as the game was playing. "We have made a lot of good progress with the in game video tools and cameras. I hope you enjoyed the last video, there will be plenty more," according to Luc Barthelet. Back to the FAQ: As it's a lot of text, you'll have to click the Read More link (or just read on) to see all the questions. Read More!

604. Sims 2 Release Date update

Written on Thursday 15 January 2004 at 01:26 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

There's news about the release date of The Sims 2 again. The webmaster of the official Dutch website has written a post in the forums, saying the game definitely will not be released at 19 March 2004 (in Europe). According to him, we should expect it late spring, rather than the very early spring which starts shortly after 19 March. So for now, it's probably the wisest to stick to spring 2004 as release date, until Maxis has provided an official date. The "mayor", as the webmaster calls himself, stated that The Sims 2 is not yet finished and that Maxis and EA want to release "one of the most entertaining games ever". With an early release things would be missing, and everybody would be disappointed as well. Dutch viewers should log in at the Dutch site and then follow this link to see the thread, with the mayor's post in it. Thanks to Hikikimori for the tip.

605. New Poll

Written on Thursday 15 January 2004 at 01:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've added a new poll again, this time one which may be a bit difficult to answer for you... Unless you know your Sims really well. What's your Sims' favourite food, i.e. what's on that plate they always take? Vote on the right or at this page. Last week, when we asked you what your favourite zoom level is when playing The Sims, we got a massive amount of votes: 705 in total. The closest 2 zoom levels appear to be the most popular, with 55% and 40% each. Just 3% of the people usually zoom out all the way. Finally, there were 12 peopel (2%) who didn't know what it's all about. For the exact results click here.

606. TSO enters Real-Life Exhibition

Written on Wednesday 14 January 2004 at 20:02 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

EA has announced that the MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) The Sims Online will be shown at the "Bang the Machine: Computer Gaming Art and Artifacts" exhibit. It's a new exhibition about the history of computer games and their influence, as well as the "extraordinary relationship between interactive computer games and contemporary art". The exhibition in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco is held from 16 January until 4 April. EA will be hosting an event with Will Wright as guest speaker next friday, 16 January, from 6.30pm to 8.00pm. Sims fans will be able to get a 50% discount on the $12 entry fee, only on the opening night. The art center will be recreated in the online game, and the look of the game will be made physically in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. For more information, click this link.

607. Bustin' Out on N-Gage

Written on Monday 12 January 2004 at 22:04 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Now Bustin' Out has been released on Consoles and GBA, it's time to look forward again. With mobile phones becoming a new platform for gaming more and more, EA makes the logical step to bring The Sims to your phone. The Nokia N-Gage to be precise. This has been announced in a press release by Nokia. Players will be able to share objects using BlueTooth Wireless technology, and it will come with an "Exclusive N-Gage Arena". Besides that the game will have exclusive objects and mini-games. For more information, click here for Nokia's press release, or here for more information about N-Gage.

608. Will Wright Chat Transcript

Written on Friday 9 January 2004 at 14:09 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last night's chat with Will Wright, the brain behind SimCity and The Sims, was quite a success. It was open to SimCity 4 registered members only, as they weren't allowed in with the last chat event with Will. Many questions were asked, quite a lot of them have been answered. There aren't many Sims-related questions compared to the amount of SimCity questions, but there are quite some also about the other hobbies (and games) of Will Wright (Robotics and Raid on Bungeling Bay, for instance). If you're interested in reading the transcript, click here.

609. New Poll

Written on Thursday 8 January 2004 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've just added a new weekly poll again. I skipped posting about it last week because of new year, so for the results for the poll "What game speed do you usually play at?" click here. In last week's poll, the first of the new year, we asked you how much you think you'll be playing The Sims in 2004, compared to 2003. We got very many votes, 348 in total. The most popular option was that The Sims 1 will be played less, but The Sims 2 a lot more instead, with 47.4% of the votes. A pretty close second is "Of course, if not more!" wit 40.8% of the votes. The other 3 options got less than 10% each. Click here for the exact results. If you want to know about the new poll: we're wondering what your favourite zoom level is, in which you play the Sims 1. Vote at the right or this page.

610. Happy 2004!

Written on Wednesday 31 December 2003 at 22:44 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

From everybody of The Sims Zone, I want to wish everybody a happy 2004. 2004 will be the year of - of course - The Sims 2, and perhaps more details of the next game Will's working on. We don't know, as even I cannot predict the future... To end this year, I've written an article with a compilation of all the news of the past year. If you want to read it, click here. Happy new year!