My Newest Blog Addiction

July 7th, 2009

I plow through favorite blogs on a never-ending, ADHD-fueled cycle. One week it’s Why Women Hate Men, the next it’s Fuck You, Penguin, and this week it’s Alice and Kev.

A game design student in the UK has created a homeless Sims family, and documents their struggles (with screenshots) on this blog. So what’s it like when you’re chronically exhausted from sleeping on a park bench, hungry and angry with some form of mental illness and no social skills? How are you going to relate to your immediate family members and the world at large when none of your basic needs are met? It’s fascinating.

Make sure you read it from the original post onward, as the story is chronological and shows their character development and aging process.

Alice and her father Kev, sleeping on park benches in the Sims 3

Alice and her father Kev, sleeping on park benches in the Sims 3

  


One Response to “My Newest Blog Addiction”

  1. Dim Reaper on July 8, 2009 1:06 am

    The Sims thing is a good idea.

    I suggested a couple of years ago that we write one at work called “The F***wits”. Basically the game revolves around claiming your unemployment benefit, then going to the pub, the buying some cigarettes, then going back to the pub, then having a fight with your neighbour, then buying yourself some expensive trainers and tacky jewellery. Extra points gained for acquiring an old car up on bricks in your garden. Points lost for actually buying your kids clothes.

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