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rockethorse · 3 months ago

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I was a young child, probably about 9-10, in a computer store with my father. At that point, I associated computers strictly with work and other boring grown-ups stuff, and none of the games that came with my parents' PCs were very interesting to me (especially since most of them were demos, lol). While he was off talking to the guy who worked there I was idly walking through the shelves looking at the huge boxes that PC software used to come in (remember those? The size of cereal boxes) when all of a sudden, amongst stuff like Microsoft Office and Encarta, this iconic cover hit me in the eyeballs:

I was fascinated INSTANTLY. I remember reading the back and being so confused because it sounded genuinely interesting? Like something I would actually enjoy? The graphics looked really cool and the copy writing was funny? I almost didn't think it was real. I thought for sure I'd get it home and install it just to find it was some misleading boring home office software.

I asked my dad if we could get it, and I don't know why he agreed, because he wasn't a particularly nice guy, but he did - possibly because at that time he was just excited that I was interested in computers at all. And the rest... is simstory

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#I think I came into TS1 relatively late in its life cycle #I know (as I learned later) that there were already a couple of expansion packs out at that time #because my first - and for a long time only - expansion pack was Superstar #which was like the second to last expansion pack for TS1 just before Makin Magic (which I sadly never got)#so I think I must not have been playing TS1 in 2000?#I did get Vacation and Pets at some point #but I think that was retroactively #and let me tell you: TS1 Basegame + Superstar exclusively is a very interesting combo LMAO #Like imagine the only place your Sims can go to leave the house is Studiotown. Kind of iconic #the celebrity system was SO FREAKIN HARD I always felt stupid but no everyone is still like 'why was it so impossible'#anyway. been there from the start and I'll probably be here at the end #also to go back to it. I think at the time I also associated video games with console gaming which I never had and wasn't too interested in #and the PC games I was exposed to were probably like. FPS and other very combat-focused titles that just kind of put me off #because I wasn't good at those and I wasn't into competitive online games #so TS1 was truly the first time I ever saw a video game and thought 'holy shit I might actually ENJOY playing this???'#in that regard it's been v interesting & enlightening lately as I have gotten into more of those genres of video games I'd assumed I hated #The Sims will always have a special place in my heart but it's interesting to reflect on how I was initially drawn to it-#-because other game genres actively sort of repelled me... blows a big kiss towards Old Town. Thank you all

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