My Latest Obsession : The Sims 4

I've been pretty absent lately, which is nothing new. Blogging really hasn't been my thing lately. It's not that I'm not passionate about books still. I am! Very! Probably even more so than before, because I have been reading a lot and not concentrating on what I'm going to say about the story. Just enjoying it for what it is.

But I'm sad to say, (but not sorry), my reading has taken a bit of a nose dive as well. You see, I finally upgraded to The Sims 4!!! Moving on to the next game installment is always bitter sweet for me. I become so attached, and when you make videos and such, it's hard to start all that over in the next game. There are different controls to learn, and lots of research.

Plus, I heard some not so great things about The Sims 4. I read about how it was a step back. And it is.. as far as lot size goes. In the Sims 3 you had these large worlds to work with. In 4, you have smaller worlds, and we are back to loading lots, where as you didn't have to do that in 3. I'm sorry if I'm boring all you none gamers.. but I do have a point!!

While 4 is a step behind in that aspect, it's allowed them to add so much more in the way of details and over all interaction. We now have careers!!! And we can go to work with our Sims!! This is awesome. I have spent the past couple weeks working with Aubrey on her family, the mom climbing up the Doctor career.

My poor husband has been neglected. lol. We eat dinner and head right upstairs to the computer. Poor guy. lol. Well, last night we finally achieved Aubrey's goal. She wanted to deliver a baby. Behold.....

We worked so hard on that promotion. You need to diagnose and treat patients. It's awesome, but hard, and time consuming.

I started my own family as well. She is also in the medical career, but not as far, because Aubrey's sim has getting the most attention.

She likes eggs and toast. lol. They are so stinking adorable when they eat. 

Her name is Samantha and this is her boyfriend Agustin. 

Here they are getting engaged. I've been working on planning their wedding. 

I know that sounds crazy, but the game play is a ton of fun! Sims 4 has a ton more to do as far as the game play. The events you plan have actual tasks that you need to do to make the event successful. 

So that's what I've been doing for the last few weeks. Living another life. lol. 

My favorite thing so far in The Sims 4, are the facial expression and personality the Sims have. I've been making little memes with them. I will leave you with a few. :) 

Feel free to take any of these if you want. lol. Now I'm off to get some reading done. :) 

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Labels: fun, gaming, memes, obsessed, sims, sims3, sims4

The Rhodes Family - A Sims "Birth" Story

So last week I showed you the Rhodes Family. :) They are the cutest. When I left of playing last week, they were expecting their first child. I was going to work on my Stacking the Shelves post tonight, but since I didn't get anything, I figured I would play a little.

Some laundry and light reading while the Hubs is at work... 

But uh OH!!! 

This shit makes me laugh every time. I sure hope I didn't make faces like this while I was in labor. lol. 

Since baby daddy Ben wasn't around, she had to trudge out to the car and drive herself to the hospital. 

Don't worry, he arrived in time to see the birth, but then she walked out by herself with baby Alex. Teaches him for being late. 

Such a happy little family. 

Sims is keeping it buggy as usual. This bitch keeps dropping through the floor every time I have her do something. lol. 

So there you have it.. a Baby Boy named Alex. :) I plan for them to have one more child. Two if it so happens to be twins. I might have her do some of the tricks they say to make them have twins and see if it works. I've tried on in the past an it was a bust. 

I want to play this family through, because I have university. You can start building their skills really early one, so that they will be well learned before they have careers. 

Well, I hope you all had a great week and got lots of books. I have an audible credit that I can use, but I just couldn't figure out what to get so I'm completely empty handed. 

Happy Belated New Year!! 

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Labels: gaming, sims, sims3

The Rhodes Family - A Sims Story

I love the Sims!

True Story. lol. This Gif I found pretty much sums up my obsession. I don't always play the sims to make videos. Sometimes I just like to play! To build a family, or house and just see where it goes from there. Over the Holiday I've been doing just that. My daughter picked out an expansion pack I didn't have yet, "pet's" and I decided I had to get some use out of it. :) 

So here is my latest family. 

Meet the Rhodes!

Ben and Stephanie Rhodes have been married for a while. They met in high school. They are established in their careers and have a beautiful house. I wish I could say I built it, but I just moved them in. 

They live in the town of Hidden Springs and just adopted their first pet! A kitty name Ryah. 

Stephanie finds much enjoyment from torturing the poor cat. lol. But Ryah doesn't seem to mind much. 

Winter is upon them. I figured since it's the Holiday Season, we would start out with that theme. 

Yay for Sim snow.. It's only a dusting at the moment, but according to the weather forecast, there will be moderate snow fall tomorrow. Snowmen in my future. 

That is not the only exciting thing going on with the Rhodes.. they are expecting a bundle of joy soon. 

Unsure of the gender, because Sims does not have ultrasound. Bummer. 

But they are excited, regardless! :) 

I've been dying to play a family through. I them to have at least 2 or 3 kids, and I want to play them through all the way into college.. "University Expansion Pack". I haven't had a chance to really play with that yet either. 

Stay tuned next week for their birth story. lol. 

Please forgive my nerdiness. :P

I need to figure out how to make these adorable Sims gifs. 

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Labels: game play, screenshots, sims, sims3, total nerd