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Sim City Inside The Sims - Russian Doll Effect?

Posted by simoniker on from the pong-inside-shen-mue-inside-sim-city-inside dept.

Ant writes "According to Wired News: 'It was bound to happen. First there was SimCity. Then there was The Sims. And then came a series of highly successful expansion packs like Hot Date, Livin' Large, House Party and others. Now comes a fan-made plug-in that allows Sims characters to effectively play SimCity inside The Sims. The Sims franchise has gone meta.'"

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  1. The Ultimate Paradox by ten000hzlegend · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok... so the Sims sit in their little homes and play Sim City, what if those Sims within the Sims Sim City started developing a plug in to play the Sims? Then those Sims Sim City Sims Sims started playing Sim City after using the Sims Sim City Sims Sims Sims plug-in... then Maxis does a Cybernet and takes over...

    Hmm... my brain hurts, more than an intravenous injection gallon of blueberry squishee

    1. Re:The Ultimate Paradox by krelian · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think i am controlled by a geek, all he wants me to do is read /. all day long.

    2. Re:The Ultimate Paradox by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 2, Funny
      So after a few more plugins, we'd get...

      Nah...let's not go there. How about we just call it Sim Video Game?

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    3. Re:The Ultimate Paradox by bsartist · · Score: 2, Funny

      So after a few more plugins, we'd get...

      Cenobites. Trust me - that's one puzzle box you don't want to open.

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  2. Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    does this mean the matrix is real now?

  3. Re:13th Floor? by DavidLeblond · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean the Sims will come out of the computer and start going to people talking gibberish?

  4. How sad it must be... by DangerSteel · · Score: 5, Funny

    How disconnected from the real world is my life if I have to play a video game whose players I watch play a video game?

  5. In Soviet Russia.... by MMaestro · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...The Sims play YOU!

  6. Ouch! by jaaron · · Score: 5, Funny

    They maybe able to build an interesting Sim plugin, but sure can't build a website!

    Someone needs to teach these people some basic HTML and site design skills. This hurts my eyes almost as bad as the Slashdot Games color scheme!

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  7. ugh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing screams "I need to get a life!" more than roleplaying somebody who roleplays somebody else (and thus also needs to get a life).

  8. It's only a matter of time... by MrDickey · · Score: 5, Funny

    before the sims are polluting the sim earth and stepping on sim ants "All I caught while fishing was this tin can, old boot, and book of cliches"

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  9. Meta by stud9920 · · Score: 3, Funny
    The Sims franchise has gone meta
    It's been meta for ages. How you think we are able to play Sim City ? Well posting isn't everything, now I will go peeing for 2.5 hours, eat a sandwich for one hour and have a chat with each of my friends for 2 hours, because even a long-term relationship will fade if I don't do this every three days, and that will get me to lose my job
    1. Re:Meta by bsartist · · Score: 2, Funny

      I will go peeing for 2.5 hours

      You need to see a doctor - NOW.

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  10. I had this idea many years ago... by bersl2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Way before The Sims. I thought it would be cool if all of the sim games were integrated into one big one. Needless to say, that idea was unfeasible and is now downright impossible.

  11. OB PVP link by satanami69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Start from the first comic

    and

    End

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  12. Re:13th Floor? by Kris_J · · Score: 3, Funny

    Should I get in a car and keep driving straight until I crash through a few road closed signs?