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I was in the cow plant design meeting, with a few others, was Creative Director back then. Fun times

DonHopkins 2y ago
Hi Charles! ;) Remember how the players were totally freaking out that their Sims were dropping dead due to them not taking good care of the guinea pig? (Not that the cause/effect relationship was at all obvious!) It was the first downloadable object for The Sims, with an actual communicable deadly virus! I think that was one of Will's twisted ideas. https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Illness#Guinea_Pig_Disease https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Illness#Guinea_Pig_Disease I wrote more details about it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22599872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22599872 Something Is Killing the Sims, and It's No Accident. By John Markoff, April 27, 2000. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/27/technology/something-is-killing-the-sims-and-it-s-no-accident.html https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/27/technology/something-is-k... The Sims Pie Menus: SimAntics visual programming language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exdu4ETscs&t=743s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exdu4ETscs&t=743s Soon afterwards, we issued a downloadable painting of a guinea pig that would immunize your whole family against the deadly Guinea Pig Virus. Kind of the opposite of the tragic clown painting, which if you looked at it would summon that poor depressing sad clown character to torment your family. (Another of Will's twisted ideas, if I recall.) https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Tragic_Clown https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Tragic_Clown You could also get Poopy Pants if you ate from the buffet table when your hygiene was low. Another valuable life lesson! https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Illness#Poopy_Pants https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Illness#Poopy_Pants Irk's posted some great videos with his memories and artwork: The Sims Animation Basics Video. Stories, events, how's, why's of 2000 Game the Year by Will Wright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXSAT-4GjNQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXSAT-4GjNQ >A basic Primer and stories from the Crypt on the animation of The Sims PC Game of the Year from the year 2000. Two years of heavy toil, fear of cancellation, game industry politics, real & artificial personalities, and Silly Little Computer People. How we provided scads of content over a very short amount of time to help make millions of people happy. Using old techniques of acting to give life to artificial beings. What was at the core of a phenomenon when it came to building the style and the substance of a something special. The Sims, The Sims PC, OG Sims, 24th Anniversary, Will Wright, Maxis, Electronic Arts, TS1, The Sims 1, irk, animation, fun, joke, whimsy, Eric Hedman irk says, the Sims Livin' Large is special. for many reasons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-Fy1SENbc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-Fy1SENbc Sims Unleashed Object Story My Corgi's Distant Cousin Hachiko's Statue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da4kAQRFS98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da4kAQRFS98 This The SIMS image helped keep the project alive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh-NOVzJ9ds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh-NOVzJ9ds The Sims "Wild Bill" Big BBQ is not for cooking babies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGXu4uE0kQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGXu4uE0kQ Also: Juno Birch the delusional alien diva just posted this delightful tour of the re-release of The Sims 1 -- she really loves Jerry Martin's music: The Sims is back! Juno plays the Sims 1 for the first time in forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4A00YPJpUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4A00YPJpUU Jerry Martin's Music: https://boombamboom.com/ https://boombamboom.com/ How The Sims Made New-Age Jazz Piano the Soundtrack of Our Lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpVUi9TQ8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpVUi9TQ8U The Sims Soundtrack CHEATED. Here's how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMds3jT7c8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMds3jT7c8

Hi Charles! ;) Remember how the players were totally freaking out that their Sims were dropping dead due to them not taking good care of the guinea pig? (Not that the cause/effect relationship was at all obvious!) It was the first downloadable object for The Sims, with an actual communicable deadly virus! I think that was one of Will's twisted ideas. https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Illness#Guinea_Pig_Disease https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Illness#Guinea_Pig_Disease I wrote more details about it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22599872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22599872 Something Is Killing the Sims, and It's No Accident. By John Markoff, April 27, 2000. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/27/technology/something-is-killing-the-sims-and-it-s-no-accident.html https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/27/technology/something-is-k... The Sims Pie Menus: SimAntics visual programming language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exdu4ETscs&t=743s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exdu4ETscs&t=743s Soon afterwards, we issued a downloadable painting of a guinea pig that would immunize your whole family against the deadly Guinea Pig Virus. Kind of the opposite of the tragic clown painting, which if you looked at it would summon that poor depressing sad clown character to torment your family. (Another of Will's twisted ideas, if I recall.) https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Tragic_Clown https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Tragic_Clown You could also get Poopy Pants if you ate from the buffet table when your hygiene was low. Another valuable life lesson! https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Illness#Poopy_Pants https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Illness#Poopy_Pants Irk's posted some great videos with his memories and artwork: The Sims Animation Basics Video. Stories, events, how's, why's of 2000 Game the Year by Will Wright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXSAT-4GjNQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXSAT-4GjNQ >A basic Primer and stories from the Crypt on the animation of The Sims PC Game of the Year from the year 2000. Two years of heavy toil, fear of cancellation, game industry politics, real & artificial personalities, and Silly Little Computer People. How we provided scads of content over a very short amount of time to help make millions of people happy. Using old techniques of acting to give life to artificial beings. What was at the core of a phenomenon when it came to building the style and the substance of a something special. The Sims, The Sims PC, OG Sims, 24th Anniversary, Will Wright, Maxis, Electronic Arts, TS1, The Sims 1, irk, animation, fun, joke, whimsy, Eric Hedman irk says, the Sims Livin' Large is special. for many reasons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-Fy1SENbc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-Fy1SENbc Sims Unleashed Object Story My Corgi's Distant Cousin Hachiko's Statue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da4kAQRFS98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da4kAQRFS98 This The SIMS image helped keep the project alive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh-NOVzJ9ds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh-NOVzJ9ds The Sims "Wild Bill" Big BBQ is not for cooking babies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGXu4uE0kQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGXu4uE0kQ Also: Juno Birch the delusional alien diva just posted this delightful tour of the re-release of The Sims 1 -- she really loves Jerry Martin's music: The Sims is back! Juno plays the Sims 1 for the first time in forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4A00YPJpUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4A00YPJpUU Jerry Martin's Music: https://boombamboom.com/ https://boombamboom.com/ How The Sims Made New-Age Jazz Piano the Soundtrack of Our Lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpVUi9TQ8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpVUi9TQ8U The Sims Soundtrack CHEATED. Here's how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMds3jT7c8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMds3jT7c8