Three Years Later (Keeping The Dream Alive)

Still here.

It’s been a difficult year for various reasons, but somehow have managed to keep something going here when even more blogs and forums have fallen (yet again) by the wayside.

The news in May that EA had decided to forsake Sims 3 for a new version of The Sims series without any intention of fixing the bugs in the current game was a bitter blow. The disgrace that passed for the launch of the new Sim City series an ill warning what users can expect come next year.

A little diversification with Animal Crossing: New Leaf – more for the exercise of it and to kill time awaiting news from elsewhere. There will be some mention of the new Thief in due course (aka Thief 4/Thi4f).

There wasn’t the stomach for Sims 3 activities with the Sims 4 hype making for despondency at EA’s stab in the back, although this has returned as it becomes clearer by the day what a complete ripoff the ‘new’ game is going to prove.

Over the last year, Jazz-Hands has become accustomed to hearing and reading ‘experts’ talking about nothing lasting forever, that the Sims series is ‘moving forward’ and since the announcement in May 2013 the ‘fact’ is Sims 3 has about eight months left to live and we may as well accept it.

Try asking Wilko Johnson about people giving you eight months timelines.

The Sims 2 community continues and thrives. The Sims 3 one will do the same, no matter how many leave it – the way it has always been.

It may even outlive whatever community Sims 4 germinates.

Jazz-Hands is proud to be a part of the Sims 3 world, and is proud to remain part of the Sims 3 world.

There will be more custom content to make, more Lonely Island Chronicles to write, maybe other ideas not thought up yet.

Whatever tomorrow brings, it’s sure to be fun.