Today, this post is dedicated to all the fans of the Sims franchise. If you are not a game person or more specifically not a Sims loving person you probably won’t care at all for this story. I’m going to get real fangirl here, so unless you are up for that vibe, this is going to be really boring. This story took place about 7 years ago when I decided to change the way I used to play The Sims. For a long time, I used cheats like most people. It makes the game easier especially if you want to buy a big modern house for your sims, although I felt it was taking the challenge of the game. My Sims no longer had to work hard and grow in the career to be rich I just had to type motherlode a couple of time and the problem was solved. So I decided to stop using cheats. Still today I only use cheats to build and never to get money. My next decision was about how much I should commit to a family. I love The Sims 3 but I had to be in the mood for it. I can spend weeks after weeks thinking about playing non-stop and then getting tired and stop playing for months. Usually, when I come back after a long break, I don’t grab one of the families I’ve already started playing with, instead I create a new one. This way, I end up with multiple games that don’t get past the second generation. So one day, I wake up determined to change that. I committed to a family and was one of my favourite gameplay. I used this house (image below) to start my family and I’m happy to tell you I managed to grow the building to the sides and even upstairs. I was going into the third generation with a full house – 8 sims – the first generation was already dead and hunting the house, and I was willing to make more babies. After this, I can’t remember what happened. I don’t know why I stopped playing and I no longer have the game files, which leaves me really sad. Although, I had such a great time I was decided to do it again. So I created a couple – usually how I start my games – got them a cheap...