Sunday, November 30, 2008

Mega Maxis Sims

The first entry of my new blog is up. Please visit the Mega Maxis Sims website.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Mumbai!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

A Note from the Editor-In-Chief

First of all, to Snarky's readers in the United States, Happy Thanksgiving!

I realize the month of November has gone by without a post, but I wanted to let you know the blog is not dead. I just haven't had much time to play. I have four days off for the holiday and my poor fiance has to work all weekend, so I hope to get in plenty of simming.

I'll be honest, the posts are going to be scarce for a while. I'm four and a half months away from my wedding and I'm behind in my planning. Please be patient with me. I really do enjoy blogging because it's gotten my creative juices flowing again. Also, I am not planning on getting the Sims 3 (I don't want my marriage over before it starts), so this blog will not disappear in February.

Not long after I started this blog, a discussion thread came up on the Prosperity Challenge Yahoo Group about Hysterical Paroxysm's Uber-Megahood. This awesome Sim Goddess took all of the Maxis-made hoods (including Apartment Life's Belladonna Cove) and combined them into one neighborhood. Now the Goths can hang out with the Capps downtown. I was excited to hear about this project, but I was bummed at the same time. My blog is based on each individual neighborhood, not the combined Uber-hood. If only I had known about it before I started...

Well, I went on a couple months trying to pretend like the Uber-hood didn't exist, but temptation got the best of me. I finally downloaded it this week. Now, I'm facing a dilemma. Do I keep Snarky's blog going on the individual neighborhoods, or do I subtly shift to the Uber-hood? For now, I thnk I'm going to keep Snarky's blog as is and also create a new blog to follow the Uber-hood sims. The new blog will be in the "traditional" style of featuring one household per Sim week. Yes, I'm insane. I'm going to work on two blogs while planning a wedding.

On a final note, I'm going through Snarky's previous posts, and labeling the Sims in the pics. I'm inspired by Rachel's Prosperity Point and Mary's Tranquility Bay. I love how they label the Sims in their pictures because it helps you keep track of who is who. I thought I would need Photoshop to do this, but I just discovered that I can do it in Photobucket. I may post a tutorial about it.

Well, thank you so much for reading the blog. Snarky and I greatly appreciate you. As Snarky would say, "Later, Boys and Girls!"