My Addiction
March 14, 2006
Addiction is a compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its consequences. A person who is addicted is sometimes called an addict. Source: Wikipedia
Yes folks Jelli has an addiction. Hello my name is Jelli and I am a SIM addict. I’ve been a SIM addict for about 4 years now. It starts with the SIMS and blossomed when EA games started creating all the expansion packs. Like a pusher selling his poison, I started talking about the SIMs with my friends and co-workers and some of them started playing the games. So we would compare notes on what our SIMS did the night before or how we could do some new feature that we found by accident. It was like the SIMS was the hot news event of the day but as time wore on and the day to day trappings of life took its toll of their and my SIM playing time. Or it could be that their fascination with the game wore off but whatever the reason they and I didn’t play the game as much or if at all. The SIMS CD sat on my desk collecting dust while I made my music CDs or surfed the net or IM’ed my family and friends. I thought I was cured but then EA did it to me again. Yes, they came out with a SIMS 2, which like some Playstation games it’s much bigger and better. The SIMS gets days off from work, the kids grow up, you can choose from more jobs, there are more objects for the home, etc. So I purchased the SIMS 2 and low and behold, like a recovering addict who get a little taste of the drug of their choice, I am off the wagon and SIMing (if that is a word) again. And yes I am still pushing it on my friends and co-workers.
*standing up & clearing throat*
Hi, I’m Saniyya and I’m a SIM addict too. My friend Jelli turned me on to the SIMs and I became addicted. A few years and several expansion packs later I was finally able to shake my addiction. Then Jelli introduced me to the SIMs 2 and its University expansion pack and I fell off the wagon. I’ve tried curbing my addiction by playing other PC games like RCT (Rollercoaster Tycoon) but I can’t seem to stay away from my prime drug of choice (the SIMs). I don’t blame myself… I blame my pusher, Jelli.
Over the years she has pushed several addiction-likely things (SIMs, TSPN, blogging) my way but I’ve been able to resist them all, all but the SIMs that is. Now I must go, one of my college SIMs is joining a secret society before she graduates and pursues her lifelong dream of becoming mayor. Help me. *sigh*
Comment by Saniyya — March 15, 2006 @ 9:49 am
ahh sims. When the first one came out my wife seemed really interested which was weird because she normally isnt a video game person. so like a good husband I bought her the first one for a gift. Little did I realize the monster I was creating. Sims vacation, sims living large, sims hot date and all the other add ons came soon after and it was like her sims were real people. then she stopped. i bought her sims 2 awhile back but then our computer died and since then she hasnt played
Comment by jdid — March 15, 2006 @ 3:13 pm
A former co-worker of mine tried to get me into the Sims. It just didn’t work for me. I thought I would like it because I love simulation games, but I just couldn’t get into it.
Comment by Organized Noise — March 15, 2006 @ 4:18 pm