Sims 4 Overthinking: Reno Day

By Bay Posted Friday Mar 15, 2024

Filed under: Epilogue, The Sims Overthinking 7 comments

Alright! It’s finally reno day for the downstairs. What used to be a just kitchen is becoming an entirely self-contained studio apartment. Having a playable separate home space wasn’t possible when this series first started a year and a half ago. But now, The Sims 4 For Rent pack has finally released and you can section off different parts of a build to be separate households. You just have to ignore the $40 price tag, and the fact that it’s deeply and broken and almost unplayable. The bugs include but are not limited to: Tanking frame rate on lots with rentals on them, landlord sims receiving little to no payments if someone moved out or in within a in-game weeks time (several playing hours) and every renting sim inexplicably baking several cakes a day, slowly filling your residence with cake.

But, you know, other than that, it’s great.

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Wednesday Action Log 3-13-24

By Issac Young Posted Wednesday Mar 13, 2024

Filed under: Epilogue, Action Log 22 comments

This week I’m emulating and playing Ocarina of Time I don’t really have much to say about the game, it was the first Zelda game I had and I’m glad I have save states.

What are you guys playing?

 


 

Saying Goodbye/Lif Goes On

By Paige Francis Posted Monday Mar 11, 2024

Filed under: Epilogue, Paige Writes 6 comments

I knew late last Sunday I wasn’t going to get my weekly post done by midnight. I had the structure in place and most of the rough draft in hand, but the words weren’t flowing. I intended to get it banged in shape Monday morning rather than miss a week. But other things happened. I’ve been eating unhealthily and hadn’t been in a great place mentally, and ended up having trouble sleeping. I finally got up around 4:oo AM and went back to my office. At 4:30 my elderly dog woke up the entire house yelping. He sleeps every night in the second bedroom with one of my children and their spouse. He was let out of the room and spent the next forty minutes trotting through the house, yelping and otherwise vocalizing. He would stop only briefly for some petting, and slowly calmed down. He finally found a comfortable space to lay down and went back to sleep.

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DM of the Rings Remaster LXII: Everything But the Girl

By Peter T Parker Posted Sunday Mar 10, 2024

Filed under: DM of the Rings Remaster, Random 11 comments

“Plot” is what the DM does to amuse himself when the players aren’t talking.

-Shamus, Friday Feb 9 2009

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Sims 4 Overthinking: Housekeeping

By Bay Posted Friday Mar 8, 2024

Filed under: Epilogue, The Sims Overthinking 2 comments

This post is a little less story and a little more cleanup. The area we’re editing was created via strong-arming, due to the fact the breezeway they have isn’t actually possible in the Sims 4 via ordinary means. To install it in the first place you have to convince the game that the breezeway and the house aren’t ‘actually’ connected, which takes knowing some tricks. Once done, it will then make your game more difficult by throwing a tantrum every time you remind it that area of the build is there. To make this new apartment space, we’re going to have to draw attention to the area, so it’s going to be upset.
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Wednesday Action Log 3-6-24

By Issac Young Posted Wednesday Mar 6, 2024

Filed under: Epilogue, Action Log 15 comments

This week I’ve finished Lies of P. It’s a good game, I didn’t think I would ever beat a Souls-like, but I thoroughly enjoyed the game with it’s perfect blocks, dodge rolls, weapons, bosses, and even the enemies placed around a corner just to stab you in the back for thinking there’s free loot. I also like the Pinocchio theme.

What are you guys playing?

 


 

DM of the Rings Remastered LXI: Words Get in the Way

By Peter T Parker Posted Sunday Mar 3, 2024

Filed under: DM of the Rings Remaster 9 comments

If you’re having trouble with wayward players derailing your carefully designed plot, you can always fix this by making the game non-interactive.

Let me know how that works out for you.

-Shamus, Wednesday Feb 7, 2007

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