A Seedling

So a bit of a seed has been planted... I have really gotten re-hooked on one of my favorite childhood/teenhood video games; The Sims. I forgot how endless the possibilities with this game are and I am rediscovering that it was a lot of fun for me back in the day and it's proving to have grown with me, just I didn't know it. I have been a Sims fan ever since 1999 when I played Sims 1 at a friends house and then asked my mom to get it for our house, and from there a seed was planted...

I honestly couldn't tell you the one thing that I really love about the game, all I know is I really love the game and pretty much every aspect of it. I am a very large dreamer and think of the craziest things I would love to do in real life, but realize due to financial limitations, physical limitations, and even coming to grips with the realization that it will only stay in my dreams and never come to fruition... makes me itch to see my dreams come true for something/someone... and that is where the Sims come in big time!!

As a child I loved looking at those Home Floor Plan magazines that grocery stores used to carry, and I used to be super observant when I was at other peoples homes on how their house was laid out and how in my mind I could see improvements to make their lives far easier, yes I was a very weird child... but I loved coming up with logical ways to improve life. I still do to this day observe others homes and think of ways it could work better for the family.

In the Sims I am able to build homes for virtual people (that I can create just how I want them), and I have replicated many aspects of homes I have been in for my Sims. I have even built real life homes almost exactly in-game, even including the placement of their furniture and kitchen cabinets. I also refer to the Home Plan magazines I had purchased so long ago, they serve as fabulous inspiration when I hit a wall (pun intended) in building that perfect home for my Sims family.

So now almost 14 years later and my rediscovery of a game I love... I am going to make an attempt at incorporating media with my game, I am going to play around with a few media volumes.. such as just blogging about it, trying some gaming photography, and maybe even some video footage of game play; or some combination of the three... we shall see what blooms from this seedling.

I have played through Sims 1, Sims 2, and am now thoroughly enjoying Sims 3. :)