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I don't feel sympathy for this self-inflicted situation at all. I found the Sims 3 to be way too easy. They could have easily found a job in the newspaper (can
by jfornear 17y ago
I don't feel sympathy for this self-inflicted situation at all. I found the Sims 3 to be way too easy.
They could have easily found a job in the newspaper (can basically just sign up for one), showered daily at the local gym (free), and made friends (requires a small effort) to help with food for a few weeks until they could afford a house.
This reminds me of the Nickel and Dimed vs. Scratch Beginnings debacle.
From the original blog: "[The gaming student] removed all of their remaining money, and then attempted to help them survive without taking any job promotions or easy cash routes." The rules this guy was playing by are not applicable and have absolutely no resemblance to real life.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoIndeed. You can play The Sims 3 without ever visiting your Sim's home. There's plenty of free food, and it's not especially difficult to be invited to spend the night at another Sim's home. And the game has plenty of "entrepreneurial" career paths that don't require a steady job. It would be interesting to see just how many constraints it takes to make the game unwinnable. For this to be a more valid experiment, we'd want people to agree in advance on the constraints -- and for the person controlling the Sim in question not to want them to fail.
- prospero 17y agoI think this is more about creating a narrative than a realistic description of the homeless lifestyle. That being said, I don't see how you can both criticize the game for being too easy and criticize the author for not taking every easy opportunity offered by the game.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoThe author tried to show how hard it is to be homeless; The Sims 3 makes it pretty easy to be homeless.