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Sims 2 Hacks Spread Like Viruses

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-control-the-horizontal-and-the-vertical dept.

jowens writes "SecurityFocus reports that players sharing house designs through Electronic Arts' Sims 2 Exchange are finding their game behaving oddly: espresso machines mysteriously satisfy all the Sims needs, Sims are suddenly comfortable with open relationships, and the social worker no longer cares how they treat their children. It turns out hacks were spreading invisibly with Sims 2 lots, infecting thousands of downloadable homes, and catching Electronic Arts by surprise. The hackers, who never intended their hacks to be viruses, have even written their own AV scanner to find and control the outbreak."

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  1. Some of those hacks sound kind of cool! by ZipR · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe now I'll check the game out.

    1. Re:Some of those hacks sound kind of cool! by VivianC · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...espresso machines mysteriously satisfy all the Sims needs, Sims are suddenly comfortable with open relationships, and the social worker no longer cares how they treat their children.

      Oh my God! They are all becoming Democrats! Can't somebody stop the madness?

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  2. I wonder. by Blapto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where can I buy me one of these magic espresso machines?

    1. Re:I wonder. by grahamsz · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thing you need the 'special' columbian beans for that.

    2. Re:I wonder. by Mr.+No+Skills · · Score: 4, Funny

      All espresso machines have magic in them. :)

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  3. Sims 2 is the least of my problems... by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Funny
    Great! All we need now is a patch for the real-life analog of this. You know what I'm talking about here, that one where you go over to a friend's house for dinner and afterwords have this conversation:

    Wife: Wow, I love what they did with their place.
    Me: What?
    Wife: Didn't you notice they redid their kitchen?!?
    Me: I noticed the beer was in a different place...
    Wife: (ignoring me) I loved their new countertop, and the wine cooler, and...
    Me: This is bad, isn't it?
    Wife: We need to do something like that.
    Me: Yup, it's bad all right.
    Wife: I'm sure we can put something together for under $25k...
    Me: PWn3d.
    wife: Goddamn right.

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    1. Re:Sims 2 is the least of my problems... by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 5, Funny

      Only 50% of the slashdotters with id 1000 are still married.

      Surely there's only one slashdotter with id 1000...

      Is he half married?

    2. Re:Sims 2 is the least of my problems... by Skim123 · · Score: 4, Funny

      This is why you need to make sure, regardless of your age, your friends are poor college students. Then what is she going to say? "I really like what they did with those cinderblocks?", and, "That couch they found on the side of the road sure does add a nice touch to their place."

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  4. Relax. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Don't worry, a fix is coming. EA has a few employees working overtime this weekend.

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  5. Someone set up us the Sims by PornMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    All your Sims are belong to us!

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  6. So, a game which simulates live by Trigun · · Score: 4, Funny

    catches a virus? Oh the irony.

    A virus gets a life, and life gets a virus.

  7. A brave new world. by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 4, Funny
    Life imitates art imitating life.

    My head hurts.

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  8. It's The Sims! by devphaeton · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do we know the Sims themselves haven't created these hacks? I mean, all of us here fantasize about being able to program the physics around us for a happier existence, right? right?

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  9. New Sims add-on? by weeboo0104 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sims are suddenly comfortable with open relationships, and the social worker no longer cares how they treat their children.

    Does this mean that EA will be releasing a Jerry Springer add-on for the Sims?

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  10. yes but, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another hack allows teenagers in the Sims 2 to get pregnant.

    do.... do we see em do it?!?

  11. wow by Jailbrekr · · Score: 5, Funny

    virtual world plagued by virtual virus. Should we be virtually worried? Will the virtual police come and arrest the virtual hackers as they spread their virtual malware? Will it become a virtual catastrophe, or a comedy of virtual proportions?

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  12. Re:+4 Funny? by rackhamh · · Score: 4, Funny

    some of you need to get out more.

    Dude... it's an article about the Sims...

  13. Re:Sims 2 is a virus by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 4, Funny

    it can take you several hours to just make coffee and walk to the front door in the morning.

    Hey, I didn't realise it was *that* realistic!

  14. What's strange about magic espresso? by gerardlt · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...some characters are finding all their needs fulfilled by a single shot of magic espresso.
    Isn't this normal?
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  15. Re:+4 Funny? by m50d · · Score: 4, Funny

    Says the guy posting on slashdot complaining about the moderation

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