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Sim City Inside The Sims - Russian Doll Effect?
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.'"
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?
I think i am controlled by a geek, all he wants me to do is read /. all day long.
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!
Who said Freedom was Fair?
Nothing screams "I need to get a life!" more than roleplaying somebody who roleplays somebody else (and thus also needs to get a life).
Indeed. The parent is clearly describing recursion, not a paradox.
In a similar way, some Second Life users decided that they wanted to be able to play a traditional RPG within Second Life. The result of their creation was Dark Life, captured in SL's New World Notes. The Dark Lifers have been quite successful and have drawn many players into their game, including many new users. In addition to the usual creature killing, magic spells, healing and leveling, they have also introduced some very interesting twists on traditional RPG gameplay.
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"
I hate my sig
In Yu Suzuki's masterpieces Shenmue and Shenmue 2, hero Ryo Hazuki can play Yu Suzuki's early arcades: Hang On, Space Harrier, Out Run, and After Burner 2. Also, he can buy collectibles based on other Sega games, such as Sonic, NiGHTS, and 18 Wheeler.
Circumcision is child abuse.
Anyone else remember the games Streets of Sim City, where you could import your SimCity save files then drive/walk around in the city you made. This game was way ahead of it's time...think VIce City/GTA3 except it game out in 1997 so the graphics weren't quite up to par but the gameplay was quite similar. There was also SimCopter where you got to fly helipoter missions around in SimCities you built and imported.