The first Sims? I bought a case, motherboard, parts, and built a new computer, named it toaster, just to be able to play The Sims when it came out. I played it for hours and hours on end, for years!
Where did it start? My computer I bought in 1993 would play SimCity and SimEarth. Over the years we had SimTower, SimCity 2000 & 3000, SimTheme Park, and a few other Sim titles. Somewhere along the way we got a Compaq. It really didn’t have the specs needed for The Sims. So when the much anticipated game came out, a new computer was an absolute must!
I had all the expansion packs for it and for Sims2 as well when it came along. When Sims3 came out I wasn’t playing near as much and I didn’t bother for years. In fact, Sims4 was out before I bought 3. I didn’t get back into it. And then, Christmas 2016 (17? 18? real life blurs years together), the husband wanted a present idea.
Sims4 entered my life. He ended up buying me an expansion pack & I bought the game online during a sale. I go through stages where I’ll play, then months where I won’t.
Well, in case you haven’t noticed, the world has gone to hell. Holy fuck has it. Majorly.
And I’m addicted to the Sims again.
Pretty much every night when I get home from work – yes, I’m still going to work every day… that’s a whole ‘nother storyline about how I fucked up my career path in eight short weeks & lucked into a semi save of it before it totally crashed in flames… just a couple weeks before everything else crashed too. Anyway, when I get home I’ve started playing the Sims.
Controlling my little Sim lady is more control than I feel 2020 has left me with.