One Sim was always unhappy until there was an unfortuante fire that killed everyone, then he perked right up and was finally happy.

Spike?

They need to make some kind of Sims game just for creative ways to torture the Sims.

I just read this reivew [link] of Downfall (about the last days of Hitler) and now I'm imagining a Hitler's Bunker Sims.

Cindy, that is definately of the happy making! I hate to think what our cable bill is. Thankfully, I don't even see it. I'd probably cringe.

I didn't know money wasn't a factor in the Sims, it is in every other Sim game out there.

It is, but there's a money cheat that I (ab)use. And even without cheating, they work, and you can sell their furniture if you need money. It's hard to go *completely* broke.

There's a rocket in The Sims?

It's a toy rocket in the first expansion pack, Livin' Large-- the Sims fire it off and it goes floof, and they're happy watching it. Unless you fire it off in a small room, in which case they're happy watching it until they catch on fire.

Do Sims ever kill other Sims?

No. They slap, though, usually out of sexual jealousy, as askye said.

Are there pets? Can you raise a pitt bull Sim badly and let it loose?

There's a pet expansion pack, but I don't have it.

How about disease? Can you spread a plague?

They can catch colds, but they don't normally die of it, though I'm sure they could if you were mean to them when they were sick.

Or can you give a teenage Sim lots of beer and a sports car and see what happens?

No teenagers, no cars and no beer. There are also no vampires, at least in the games I have.

Sorry.

There are alien abductions.

Toto is currently curled one the couch with his head on a throw pillow. I love it when he does that. It's so damn cute!

Toto is currently curled one the couch with his head on a throw pillow. I love it when he does that. It's so damn cute!

Awww. Cori likes to sleep curled almost into a circle on one chair, and that is very, very cute.

Ah, the toy rocket. Yes, hours of fun.

There are alien abductions.

Also hauntings.

Hmm. I haven't even ventured toward the Sims b/c I get so hooked on things so easily.

My new laptop (whose name, I'm pretty sure, is Ralph) has a chess game on it, which has opened my eyes to the fact that I may know the mechanics of the game (like, the horsie pieces move in an L), but I sure the hell have NO idea how to actually play. I have no idea how to protect my king, and I really REALLY have no idea how to anticipate what my opponent is going to do. It's pretty pathetic.

Sims 2 has teenagers, toddlers, and kids, and old people. They grow up after birthday parties (like my unsuccessful party). There are a lot of options when it comes to talking to each other. One option is Irritate.

They also have aspirations and goals -- stuff like become a master criminal, meet new people, kiss someone, and one of my teenagers had the aspiration to irritate another. So I'm wondering what will happen if I lock them in a small room and have them irritate each other.