Chat Today!

I appreciate the patience from everyone. I have gotten settled down with my new little one and we are starting to fall into a routine. I find time to play TS2 while she naps and I also will be back to updating this site with news now. Forgive me for my hiatus. I'm just going to focus on updates from the last week so as not to get too carried away here.

There is a chat scheduled on the official site from 3 pm to 4 pm PST (that's 6 pm to 7 pm EST). From 3-3:30 we will be talking about The Sims 2 coming out on The Nintendo DS, GBA, PSP, and Mobile. From 3:30-4 we will be talking The Sims 2 coming out on the PS2, XBox, and GameCube.

In fan site news:
The Well Dressed Sim has the Shabby Comfort Bedroom to go along with the Shabby Living Room set.

Sim Squirts has a new nursery set available from the nursery poll. This one is the Paris Poodle Nursery.

That's all for now.
Happy Simming!

My Little Arrival

Well, Nightlife came out two days ago and my copy arrived at my house Thursday but it seemed that I would have another more important arrival instead. My daughter was born Thursday morning at 11:00 am. So this Simaholic is proud to announce the arrival of a future simaholic, Abigail.

Nightlife Has Shipped!

Nightlife shipped yesterday. Some lucky few have already received their copies and are simming away and discovering lots of secrets as you read but the rest of us are all waiting patiently until our copy either arrives on our doorstep, we are able to pick it up from the gaming store we pre-ordered from, or we are just waiting for it to hit the shelves in the stores tomorrow. One thing that should have arrived yesterday if you pre-ordered from EA games, EB games or Gamespot is your code for your car download. If you think you should have gotten this I'd be checking with the place you ordered from to figure out why you haven't yet received your code.

There are a couple reviews that are already available regard Nightlife. One from GameSpy, gives the game four out of five stars. Under pros they state: "New social activities for Sims, new downtown with lots to do, dating. Vampires!" And under cons: "No significant additions to core gameplay, additional bugs introduced into code." So be aware of new bugs that you may encounter. But never fear, according the last T-mail for Nightlife a patch that fixes University and Nightlife bugs will soon be available and will work regardless if you have one or both of those EPs. The one from IGN.com also goes into detail about the new features of the game as well as providing some new screenshots.

Also as speculated it seems that the third EP will have something to do with business. Perhaps will a title something like: "Sims Open for Business." Of course this is a working title and is always subject to change. I think this will bring in a whole new element to the game and I will be looking forward to hearing more about what this EP will include. I know there are some things out there that simmers are hoping for such a magic, pets and perhaps weather. I doubt we'll see magic or pets in this one but I suppose weather is always a possibility. This picture comes from a Swiss inset that I picked up from the Sims Zone.

In fan site news:
The Well Dressed Sim once again has more for us. There are two sets of colored upholstery and pillows for the Shabby Comfort Sofa featured in the Shabby Comfort Living Room set. And all ready for Nightlife Casey has some black eyeliner as well as new lipstick which will be great for sending our sims off to the clubs (these are free downloads.)

Sim Squirts has four new everyday outfits for toddler girls available and has announced that the next donation set will be available soon.

A reminder to everyone too, please let me know if there is a fan site that you would like me to link to and/or include in my updates. I will be happy to add it as I am always out looking for good custom content.

Also, since I didn't get a chance to post this yesterday and it is still early on Wednesday yet there may be another post with updates coming your way later today as things with Nightlife develop. In the meantime:

Happy Simming!

Nightlife Ships Tomorrow!

As if anyone needed a reminder, but Nightlife will be shipping tomorrow and can be expected in stores on Thursday. Don't forget also for all of us who preordered from EA or EB (there is a third in there but I forget what it is) that we get a free car download too! I imagine that we'll get an e-mail with a code or something but I personally haven't seen anything yet.

Also, the official site will be down for maintance tonight starting at 11 pm PST (that's 2 am EST). They expect it to be down for about two hours. I imagine when we take a look tomorrow morning there will be a new look for the Nightlife release. Or it could have something to do with the slow down on the exchange that occurred over the weekend. We'll just have to check back tomorrow and see.

In fan site news:
At the Well Dressed Sim there are more contacts available for download from Julia. Also a new living room set from BriAnna, Denim Downtime Evolution. WDS had currently done 16 days straight with new downloads and have said there are more to come so keep checking back for more great stuff from them.

Over at the Sims Zone, Starrats has three new neighborhoods available for download. Also they have posted information that has come about Nightlife. Apparently it was released early in Brazil so they have some notes on some of the new things we can expect. Also, there is all indication that the third EP for TS2 will have something to do with business and sims owning their own. This was released with Nightlife but there will of course be more to come as time goes on. A word of warning that this article will contain spoilers about Nightlife so if you want to wait and be surprised by your own game don't read this article.

Happy Simming!

More Screenshots

Nightlife's official release date is one week away and with the release so close Maxis has given us five new screenshots of the game.

In fan site news:
The Well Dressed Sim continues to spoil us with new downloads. There have been three new sets posted since I last posted. First was set of decorative items entitled Buds and Bottles Tulips. They come in a variety of color and make a nice accent to your Sims living space. These were followed up by a set of six new flooring options, Hazy Ceramic Flooring, offered in six trendy colors. Today features a lovely new living room set, the Shabby Comfort Living Room. It comes complete with sofa, coffee table, end table, television, curtains and rug.

With my own legacy challenge, I have a new installment up.
Passage of Time: The Bacters in the main household continue to grow up. The girls try for private school and we have another birthday. Things are happy now, but will they stay happy for long?

Happy Simming!

From the Holiday Weekend

There was some activity in the Sim World over the holiday weekend. We are getting closer and closer to the release date of Nightlife and once again simmers will be briefly contented to explore this new EP before beginning to speculate as to what the next one will have in store. But for now, more focus on Nightlife.

Gamespot has a Q&A with Tim LeTourneau about Nightlife. The Q&A goes over some of the logisitcs of the game and how the layout will work with neighborhoods and downtowns. Go here to read it for yourself.

Gamespy has also added a preview of the game. So head on over if you want to get a peak at that.

In fansite news:
The Well Dressed Sim has been busy over the weekend giving us lots of new downloads to check out. The first is a lovely object set for all the artistic sims out there: Artist Studio Evolution. This set features an easel, lights, drop cloth and a lovely backdrop to help get those creative juices flowing with in those little sim minds. There is also an outfit for young adult men available for download. These are few and far between so I'd rush over to get my hands on it if I were you. Also Julia put up a bunch of eye color sets. And last but not least, cute pink polo for little girls by BriAnna.

Sim Squirts has added three new shirts for teenage boys.

And lastly, in the world of my own legacy challenge and blog:
Cell goes to College: Bacillus's oldest child leaves the nest and heads off to Sim State University to make a name for himself. He is also on a quest for true love. Will Cell find it? Or will he be left broken hearted?

Happy Simming!

Screenshots!

As it is now September the newest Nightlife horoscopes are up. So check out what the stars are saying about your life.

I've also got for you five new screenshots that I've run across from other sites.

It almost looks like to me that this guy is putting on some cologne. Perhaps for a big date?

In this shot, I think this guy (a vampire) is infecting this girl and making her a vampire. I guess we'll have to watch out for the purple dust.

Here we have a couple out on a date in a nice restaurant.

Oh beware the dangers of karaoke.

Ah, slow dancing is sooo romantic.

In fan site news:
Well Dressed Sim has another set of curtains available by BriAnna. This set is a set of pastel shades. Also by BriAnna is a set of four glossy lipsticks.

The Sims Zone has a new staff member designing for them, Nicx. She has a lot of quality stuff available in the downloads section of their site and is worth checking out.

Sim Squirts has a new nursery set for girls to download, Little Butterfly Nursery. It is too precious and definitely worth a peek.

And over in the world of my legacy family blog, I've got a new chapter up about Bacillus and Mallory.

A Bustling Household: Involves a few birthdays and a lot of chaos as Bacillus and Mallory cope with having five children in the house and other on the way.

Happy Simming!