The Ominous World Of The Sims 1

One time, in the Pets expansion, I had an orange cat that died from old age and the Grim Reaper came and I was able to plead with him and the cat came back as a green cat with permanently green meters that was basically immortal, so I basically had a zombie cat

The fact that the devs made a point to include same sex relationships is really touching, especially considering all of the testimonies I’ve heard from queer people who’s first experience outside of heteronormative and cisnormative world was through playing the sims and living out their true ideal lives

The "we're working on your phone lines, don't pick up the next call" is a two-part prank. The prankster calls back a few minutes later and when the person picks up (out of habit) the prankster screams like he's being electrocuted. A classic and one of my favorites!

It's so crazy seeing how hard same sex relationships were fought for in the sims because I remember a huge part of me coming to terms with my sexuality as a kid was having my girl sims date girls and my boy sims date boys practically exclusively. Even when I didn't, my m/f couples overtime always warped into lavender marriages

I love how we went from "gamers don't play doll house simulator games" to animal crossing having a hard-core gaming fandom

Later sims games: we can't kill kids, or even have significant harm come to them Sims 1: if you don't do well enough in school you will be presumably killed in war

The Sims 1 burglar music sounds like the emotion someone breaking into your house in the middle of the night while you're home would actually inspire.

I used to always buy the heart bed because I thought it was cute when I was a kid. I now understand why my mom and sister kept asking me why I was choosing that bed.

Sims 1 town at night is like a liminal space that is ACTUALLY unsettling and scary.

That anti-homophobia message from Don Hopkins was awesome, what a legend!

I never got to play the sims 1 but MY GOD the idea of your sim waking up in the middle of the night to a burgler shoving their baby (basinet and all) into a sack is kind of funny lol

After putting at least 100 hours into The Sims, I got that upside down face glitch on an entire family. Not only did it scare the hell out of me, I thought my whole game was corrupted and it might hurt my computer so I literally never played it again. So that’s how my time with The Sims 1 ended.

The fact that he even mentioned asexuality (under a different name) in the 90s makes me happy. He didn't have to bring us up since the issue was the aggressive reaction to gay interactions, and now you can be openly gay and bi and aroace in-game. Oh how times have changed

Wow, what Don Hopkins wrote was incredible. He specifically made sure not to erase bisexual and asexual people, and this was over 20 years ago! Also, I'm really (oddly) loving this series and looking forward to the 4th one!

That note from Don Hopkins tho, so pivotal to the success of the sims in my opinion (I know many a gay who played it for that reason, myself included) and just generally really wonderful to see. One of those moments that makes me have faith in humanity

Oh my GOD that upside down lady scared the absolute shit out of me as a child! I remember calling my dad into the room screaming and crying because that wasn't my Sim and I was so scared lmfao

This is the only sims game where my family actually drove me to murder. I’d made a nice little family with biographies and everything, but they somehow managed to blow all their money and the house started to look like a crackden. The kids were in danger of being repossessed by the Big Orphan industry. So I ordered the adults to go read the newspaper bc they could get a legit good job (it took them 3 sims-hours to get across the living room btw) only to get this message: “I’m too depressed to work.” They were depressed because they were POOR. Little me got a taste for the indoor fireworks death that day 💀

The description of the vibrating bed killed me. "The vibration engine is Swedish of course, but we have done a lot of testing with a pair of 300 pound dummies."

For kids who had bad homes, this game was a blissful escape. I love this franchise! I have all copies on my EA origin account, downloaded, and ready to play.

You will never understand how much of a comfort YouTuber you are for me. Like. The nostalgia, your soft voice, your jokes. Really helps me when my depression is bad