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Episode 23:

Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?

Runtime: 60 Minutes

Dave and Rob travel back to the year 2000 to talk about the Sims. Exploring the development of the Sims leads to an educational discussion on pattern languages and psychological theories, both of which were inspirations for this series. With today's lesson out of the way, the boys talk about their own experiences losing hours to the Sims, while also sharing stories about how you feel about the game. Dave quizzes Rob on words in the Simlish dictionary, and the boys read horrific stories found online related to The Sims. Finally, the question of the week has the boys admitting whether or not they've played hookie to play a video game. Who's the real hardcore gamer between the two? Find out on this week's trip down Memory Card Lane.

The Sims

References:

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - The Sims

Game-Specific Wiki:

  Sims Wiki

Additional Sources:

Metacritic:

  BuzzFeed - 14 Funny, Sadistic, And Appalling Things Gamers Have Done in The Sims

Will Wright New Yorker Interview:

  The New Yorker - Game Master

Pattern Language Explained:

  Permaculture - A Pattern Language Explained

Wikipedia - Pattern Language:

  Wikipedia - Pattern Language

Wikipedia - Vocabulary:

  Wikipedia - Vocabulary

Wikipedia - Syntax:

  Wikipedia - Syntax

Wikipedia - Grammar:

  Wikipedia - Grammar

Curbed's Architecture Critic re-reads A Pattern Language:

  Curbed - Let Christopher Alexander design your life

Wikipedia - Maslow's hierarchy of needs:

  Wikipedia - Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Amazon - Maps of the Mind: Charts and Concepts of the Mind and its Labyrinths

  Maps of the Mind Amazon Listing

Will Wright - Lessons from Game Design Video Lecture:

  YouTube - Lessons in Game Design, lecture by Will Wright

MobyGames- Review by Stephanie B:

  MobyGames - Reviews

MobyGames- Review by Dragoon:

  MobyGames - Reviews

Wikipedia - Will Wright (game designer):

  Wikipedia - Will Wright (game designer)

SimsWiki - Simlish:

  Simlish

Nelly - Hot In Herre (Simlish):

  YouTube - Hot In Herre (Sims AM)

Audio Sources:

Cold Open Music:

Comfortable Mystery by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3531-comfortable-mystery

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Podcast Intro Music:

Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/