{"id":2157,"date":"2015-10-21T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2015-11-06T10:47:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T09:47:43","slug":"worst-thing-youve-done-in-the-sims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/2015\/10\/21\/worst-thing-youve-done-in-the-sims\/","title":{"rendered":"Worst thing you’ve done in The Sims"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am\u00a0enthralled by the reddit thread on “What is\u00a0the worst thing you’ve ever done in The Sims series?<\/a>”<\/p>\n

One time I killed a sim by drowning. Then I made everyone show up to his funeral in swimwear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It’s not too sadistic per-se, but it involved a lot of deaths.
\nI wanted to make a church with a full, complete graveyard. So I built a small, simple structure moved in a family of 8, get them all inside, remove the door, fill with fire. Yay, 8 new tombstones!
\nRepeat like 9 times, and you’ve got a full graveyard of tombstones. Then I built the church and moved in a priest to live there and tend to the grounds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*<\/p>\n

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So, in my most recent Sims playthrough, I found this girl that I really<\/em> wanted my Sim to marry. Problem is she already had a husband, so rather than just doing the (relatively) normal thing and just increasing the relationship and convincing her to break up with him, I instead became best friends with her husband, convinced him to move in with me, and then drowned him in a pool so I could marry his wife.<\/p>\n

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Then I moved in with his wife (who lived in a HUGE mansion) and killed the rest of her family because I didn’t feel like taking care of the other Sims that she lived with but I still wanted the house<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And much more.<\/p>\n

Theoretically, it\u00a0ties to some of my arguments in\u00a0my Without a Goal<\/a> chapter about\u00a0open and\u00a0expressive games:\u00a0anything truly expressive can also express things we find offensive and\/or transgressive.<\/p>\n

… the reason why goal-less games can easily become steeped in controversy. The wide range of player actions – what makes the game expressive – also makes it likely that the player can express something that offends someone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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