Computer Love
Boom chit boom chit-chit-chit ka…
Boom chit boom chit-chit-chit ka….
I remember the first time I played Sims 2. After playing the original one and hearing about the lovable characters going high tech, I was all up on the fansites for news. After it came in the mail (as I’d pre-ordered it and it came on the day it was released) I ran to my computer to install it. The first cut scene showed all the new capabilities the sims had. You could have kids. Your kids actually grow up. Your kids have kids. Any offspring have genetics of their grandparents and even great grand parents. You can Woo Hoo (Sim for “have relations) in places other than beds. You can visit different business districts or downtown areas. Your sims can go to college. You can own your own car dealership, or toy shop, or restaurant, or club, or hair salon…etc. You can drive cars, you can die in new ways…all in fantastic CGI.
The Sims have had a special place in my heart ever sense…
Despite my love for my Sims, I hadn’t been playing like I used to back in the day it just wasn’t as interesting as I thought it once was.. However, since my purchase the newest expansion pack game (Open for Business), I’ve found myself spending an inappropriate amount of time in my own little cyber world. I don’t know what it is about it, but for some reason, owning a business is too much fun.
(And before you say anything, I do not exist in the following group of people. Why make a fake name? KaNisa lives in another neighborhood in a Condo on Jambalaya Island (lol)…I’ll show those pictures next.)
Here’s the universe:
The Pierce Family
Name: Dulany Pierce
Sign: Pisces
Race: Black
Aspiration: Family
Job: Self Owned Business Woman
Salary: Varies
Turn Ons: Muscular Build, Facial Hair
Turn Offs: Big Guys
Name: Lathan Pierce
Sign: Cancer
Race: Black
Aspiration: Family
Job: Company President
Salary: $1400/ Day
Turn Ons: Makeup, Muscular Build
Turn Offs: Smells
Name: Lathan Pierce Jr.
Sign: Cancer
Race: Black
Aspiration: Social
Job: Works for Mom
Salary: $10/hour
Turn Ons: Makeup, Muscular Build
Turn Offs: Big Women
Name: Raine Hill
Sign: Cancer
Race: Black
Aspiration: Social
Job: Co-Owner Rain Nightclub
Salary: Varies
Turn Ons: Muscular Build, Brown Hair
Turn Offs: Smells
Name: Kelson Hill
Sign: Cancer
Race: Spanish
Aspiration: Social
Job: Co-Owner Rain Nightclub
Salary: Varies
Turn Ons: Muscular Build, Makeup
Turn Offs: Facial Hair
The Pierce and Hill families live down the street from each other. They are all college educated, attending exclusive private schools throughout their education. The two couples enjoy having dinners and going bowling together. They also frequent karaoke bars.
When Dulany was pregnant with Jr. Her husband Lathan couldn’t get enough of her. He was always playing with her stomach and almost waiting on her hand and foot…cooking dinner, giving her back rubs, etc. He was proud of his wife because although she was due to have her baby any second, she still ran her salon every day.
They had a boy and named him Jr. Lathan Sr. fell in love and doted (read spoiled) his son all the time…
Now Jr. is a young adult just beginning college at his parents’ alma matter. These are his friends.:
I want the Pierce family to have one more kid while the parents are still young. I think I’m going to actually play a family for longer than a few weeks and make a few generations…
Now to my condo complex, Weber Heights. There are four condos on the second floor; two with two bedrooms and two with one. The first floor has a restaurant, a bakery, and a cafe:
Yes. I know I am a sad person for being so engrossed in this game. But I tell you, don’t knock it until you try it! Even my mother sits and watches me play for hours….(even though one time when I was playing and my father called me away for something, she let almost an entire family die of hunger..even a poor toddler! The mother and poor child was spared, but the father and older brother passed away due to various reasons. Without any male influences in her life, the little girl grew up to have low self esteem and married some dude who constantly cheated on her. Eventually, she was killed ironically the same way her father died… she was electrocuted.)
See! Such rich stories…
