Saturday, December 16, 2006
[There's a reason why I like TS2]
[There's a reason why I like TS2]
A few days ago I searched "The Sims" on Wikipedia and found an article on cultural references in The Sims 2.
And it's the reason why I LOVE THE SIMS 2! Check it out!
Haha. The funniest bits?
"The reward for reaching the halfway point of the Politics career is called the "Bushmaster" Teleprompter, a reference to U.S. President George W. Bush."
"The smustle dance in Nightlife mimics some dance moves found in the music video of Michael Jackson's Thriller."
"The Grim Reaper and Failure"
"If all of the Sims in a family die, one of several messages pop up telling the player of their failure in the game. One of these messages gives a description of the Grim Reaper that is similar in style to a personal profile on an Internet dating site. His description also makes references to the Book of Revelation, mentioning the color horse that Death (usually personified as the Grim Reaper) will ride, and also mentioning his other "friends" (the other three that are mentioned in Revelation).
"Besides learning more about Death, a player who has allowed all of the Sims in a household to die also receives a message which admonishes him/her that The Sims 2 is a life simulator, not a death simulator. In the event that all of the adult and teen Sims in a household die and leave behind one or more children, the Social Worker arrives and collects the youngsters, and the game displays a message which makes mention of Charles Dickens (the author of the novel Oliver Twist) and an orphan singing about the sun (a reference to the song "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie)."
Now, people who dismiss The Sims and The Sims 2 as "a dumb game for girls only", THIS GAME IS NOT THAT SHALLOW. Or boring.
[fangying] [10:50 AM]
