The Sims 3: World Adventures

What is this? People across all many gaming forums (mainly The Sims Forums) have been talking about what will be the next expansion packs. Some people say that it should be about "work related things" or "travelling related things". Well EA has finally answered all their fans. They have officially announced a new expansion pack and it's called "The Sims 3: World Adventures". And this ladies & gentlemen will be released worldwide on November 16 2009.
For more information, please check out this interview. It seems that IGN had managed to get an interview with EA Producer Lyndsay Pearson. The link is found here.

Note: These pictures were taken from Snooty Sims.

Time to Relax Under The Sun:

5 Days Left:

There are only 5 days left until The Sims 3 is released to the U.A.E, France, Switzerland & to the rest of the Middle East but the sad thing is that it will be released to the U.S in 2 days and that really sucks. I also heard that it will be released in 6 -8 days to the rest of the world including Europe. Other than that, I am trying to keep myself busy by going on The Sims 2 Forums (where they talk about The Sims 3) and who could forget The Sims 3's official website :P

If you notice that on The Sims 2 forums, the Maxoids (aka the mods) are not there anymore. The reason is unknown, but from what I've heard is that they have all moved to The Sims 3's official website and they now call themselves the Sim Gurus (it's more like the love guru :P)

The Sims 3 Gets An Article Written On Time Magazine:

There was an article relating to The Sims 3 found on Time Magazine and Time Magazine quoted that this is one of the most interesting games ever. I posted the article down below :

"There's a professor at Oxford University who makes a compelling argument that if humans survive long enough to create conscious computers, it's likely that all of us, right now, are simply historical simulations the computers created for their amusement. After playing with The Sims 3 — the latest sequel in the mega-popular Sims franchise — I believe that prof. Ich bin ein Sim.

The game, in which you create a character and interact with artificial intelligences in a simulated world, has sold more than 100 million copies since its debut in 2000. It's the best-selling PC game of all time. That's a tough act to sustain, but Sims 3, remarkably, blows past its ancestors in every way.

The new game, four years in the making, is set in beautiful Sunset Valley, a town that has 67 simulated human residents. They are fascinatingly complex and have lives of their own; you can follow them around or spy on them in their homes. All the residents age at the same rate as your character (a rate you can change to speed up the game). You can fall in love with the girl next door and marry her 10 years later. In previous versions, characters' ages were frozen in time unless you were interacting with them.When creating your character, you get to pick from 70 traits, including "easily impressed" and "kleptomaniac," to add some depth to your Sim's personality. There's a cool new function that lets you make movies online. And moving around is more seamless in this version. Walk your character from your home to a neighbor's and go inside — the computer can now process it all without interruption. Pick a job, make money, buy things. The Sims 3 even lets you pick a lifetime goal, say, of leading an evil empire.

There isn't any winning in the Sims. The game ends when your character dies. But that's kind of the point: the Sims' allure has always been that if things don't work out in this life, you can start over. Now I'm starting to weird myself out thinking that we are real Sims playing fake Sims" 

You can simply go on the link to read it here, either way it's up to you :)

The Sims 3: Official 2nd Trailer

The Sims 3: Walkthrough

There is about 5 days left until The Sims 3 is released here in the U.A.E. but there are only 3 days left until it's released in the U.S, anyway it doesn't matter. I thought I would update this blog of mine and make it ready for The Sims 3 starting with a few changes:

• The video bar that was showing videos of Dido has been replaced with videos of The Sims 3.
• The countdown has The Sims 3 Sign :P
• There will be a few more posts about The Sims 3 for the next 2 weeks. The continuation of my story called "The Getaway: The Trip" will however be posted next week and then following that week will be the another continuation.
• Some Information about The Sims 3 will be posted on Wednesday the 3rd of June 2009.
• Then starting from the 5th of June, there will be no updates until the middle of the week and that's when I'll continue blogging about new things.
• There will also be many videos about The Sims 3 posted throughout the week.

Here is a video about The Sims 3 Walkthrough :

Are You Ready?

This Picture was taken from Snooty Sims

Nowadays time is slowing down because of the long wait for The Sims 3 release. Today I was at Virgin Megastore down in the Mercato and I see that the staff members over there are getting ready for the shipment of The Sims 3. If you ever go there you will see a neat stacked up pile of The Sims 3 Introduction CDs now available for sale and there are many empty green boxeswith the Sims Plumbob shining and it's written "Are you ready for The Sims 3? Well Look No Further, The Sims 3 will be out on June 4 2009 :D ". Other than the Virgin Megastore at the Mercato, the Virgin down in Mall Of The Emirates has a big huge poster of The Sims 3 saying "The Sims 3 coming out on June 4 2009, Pre Order Now And Receive FREE Gifts" and the Plasma Screen TV's down there have advertisments of The Sims 3 that shows every 5 minutes :D

Yay, The Sims 3 is no.1 in Retro's World :D :D :D :D

The Sims 3 TV Spot:

For the next couple of weeks I will be adding some information about The Sims 3. I posted a video down below and I thought you would like to know that the video is a Sims 3 Advertisment.s For more updates please check out Snooty Sims & Infinite Sims & Edenstyle

Let There Be Sims:

Virgin Megastore in Dubai announces the release of The Sims 3. It is said that the game will be released on the 4th of June 2009. Now I am really surprised with Virgin. About 2 weeks ago I went to Virgin Megastore in the Mall Of The Emirates and I asked one of the staff members and believe it or not this is what happened:

Me: Excuse me sir, do you have any idea when The Sims 3 will be released?

Virgin Megastore Staff member: The Sims 3?!

Me: Yes, do you know when it will be released?

Virgin Megastore Staff member: I'm sorry sir, but we NEVER heard of the game. We have The Sims 2 in stock. Would you like to see it?

Me: No thanks!

So I left the store. but now finally Virgin realized that they should release it. I think they were forced to release it because I guess they many people heard me blab about how one guy from the UAE is a creator of the game and I'm guessing that they felt bad because ALL the stores knew about it except them. LOL

Anyway about the game. If you go to Virgin Megastore now, you can see that it's available for pre-ordering now. So if you preorder it, you will receive a few gifts with the game. So what are you waiting for. Go and preorder it QUICK!!!!

EA Play Video:

The Sims 3: Creator Spotlight

Let's just talk about The Sims 3 for now. Did you know that one of the creators of The Sims 3 is from Dubai. Believe it or not. Just watch the video posted below :

TS3 Talk:

Now there is about less than 30 days left until The Sims 3 is officially released into the stores. From What I had found out is that Geekay Games is the only store in Dubai that is selling the collectors edition of it and ALL the other stores (such as Virgin) will be selling the normal version of The Sims 3.  

The Sims 3: Collectors Edition is to have:

• 2GB FLASH DISK OF THE PLUMBOB
•  EUROPEAN STYLED SPORTS CAR DOWNLOAD
  
•  NEW THEME MUSIC FROM THE SIMS 3
  
•  AN EXCLUSIVE PRIMA TIPS & HINTS GUIDE
• A MAP OF THE SIMS 3 NEIGHBORHOOD
  

What else could we possibly ask for? I am actually impressed with Geekay Games for getting this game for me. Thanks A lot Geekay :)

Is it me or is it starting to getting hot in here?

Man the weather nowadays is starting to get warmer by the minute. I remember when it used to be nice and cool during the winter but who am I kidding Dubai is a desert and it is over a billion degrees. Now it's time to say goodbye to all the rain and the hail and the amazing cool weather and say hello to to the unbearable heatwave.

I know that during the summer vacation (around June all the way through August) it's going to be over 40*C in Dubai and we cannot really do anything about that except complain and say that global warming is doing this to us. 

What do people do during this weather?

Families tend to leave Dubai straight away after their children finishes their school and they try to go to a place cooler than Dubai (maybe like Alaska or something) or they might end up going back to their home country (from whereever they came from). Others such as teenagers either get part time jobs during the summer, party all day & night or they have summer school to attend to. Young Adults have either courses in the university (such as Summer 1 / Summer 2) or they are busy doing something else (don't ask me what, they could be travelling or something else). Elderly People end up travelling to exotic places with their loved ones or sometimes they might end up staying at home and enjoying the fun in the city wherever they are.