Happy 18 years of The Sims!

[EA_Mai]

The Sims is now 18 years old, happy anniversary Simmers!

Do you want to celebrate it with us? Take a look to these links!:

• The Sims turns 18! (blog at ea.com)
• Challenges to celebrate The Sims anniversary - with prizes!
• The Sims 4 Caption contest
• Origin The Sims sales
• The creator of The Sims reveals its weirdest development stories on the franchise’s 18th anniversary, by Grant Rodiek

Happy simming!

-Mai

[EA_Mai]

Hi everyone,

We are not done celebrating! Today's patch for PC included some t-shirts for the anniversary, and you can read Behind Closed Doors - A brief history of The Sims in our new blog!

Also, you can now download The Sims stickers for iMessage (iOS).

Have fun!

-Mai

[PugLove888]

Thanks @EA_Mai !   This blog brought back a lot of great memories, both from the game and thinking about where I was in my life when I was playing each version! 

[jpkarlsen]

Did anyone else find the Anniversary T-Shirt in the Sims 4? I think it looks great on my Female Sim.:-)

PS. requires all game updates.

[PugLove888]

@jpkarlsen, yep!  Love the shirt!  I've only tried it on females, so I don't even know how it looks on males.   I also love the new female hair (I love curly hair)! 

[EA_Mai]

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@PugLove888 wrote:

This blog brought back a lot of great memories, both from the game and thinking about where I was in my life when I was playing each version! 

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Me too! I remember playing The Sims 1 at school, planning houses in notebooks for The Sims 2, doing sleepovers to play The Sims 3... 18 long years! :D

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@jpkarlsen wrote:

Did anyone else find the Anniversary T-Shirt in the Sims 4? I think it looks great on my Female Sim.:-)

PS. requires all game updates.

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Oh, that reminds me! We have also added new designs to The Sims Threadless store

This one might look familiar

[jpkarlsen]

If I had a girlfriend I would buy her one.

[unseenlarks]

thank you for the post, @EA_Mai. this might sound silly to some, but the game has been (and still is) a very powerful coping mechanism for me. thank you, Sims, and happy birthday. =)

[PugLove888]

@EA_Mai, LOL   It must have bee a blast to play the Sims (any version) at a slumber party! :eahigh_file:  Alas, When TS1 came out I was already an adult!   Since you are the authority figure here, I just thought of you as either close to my age or older   

Thanks for the info about the Anniversary shirt being available in real-life in the Store!   I want the one in purple (but they look good in all the colors!) 

@unseenlarks, I don't think using the Sims as a coping mechanism is strange at all.   It is much healthier than a lot of other things you could be doing!   In fact, whenever I have either a bad day or a big argument with someone, the only way I can snap out of my bad mindset is to play the Sims for a little while!  Playing the Sims allows me to step away from the situation long enough to gain a better perspective, so I'm usually better able to handle it afterwards.  

[unseenlarks]

@PugLove888, you're right. =)