“The Sims is more or less a game about controlling your environment and the people in it. I think this makes it the premiere video game for depressed people, who are susceptible to feeling like few things are within our power to change,” caraghpoh writes
Photo: Getty Images, EA Games The Sims franchise turned 20 this year, which means I have been playing the life-simulation game for just about two decades. If I had to put a number on it, I’ve been a kinda-sad person for about 25 years. The Sims did not make me a kinda-sad person, but for me — and friends with similar struggles — these two things seem to go hand in hand.
When your Sim is sad, you’re given options on how to best make them forget what is making them so sad. The Sim can cry it out in bed, or pet their dog, or turn to another Sim for consolation. Time heals all Sim wounds, but these actions will accelerate the process. The thing about The Sims is you’re either not playing at all or you play every free moment of your waking life. I don’t know anyone who plays for whom this is not true. I also don’t know a single person who goes through these phases who is not very open about dealing with depression. This is not to say that people without a mental-illness diagnosis do not play The Sims — it is just to say that I’m apparently not friends with any of them.
I have seen houses before. I have seen so many houses before. I cannot tell you why I thought this was how a house is supposed to look. It took me a very long time to do and I tried so hard to just make a nice home. When I finished, I was so impressed with how bad it was that I took a picture.
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