

The Sims 3 (first released on, later released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and the Nintendo DS between fall 2010 and spring 2011) The expansion packs are University, Nightlife, Open for Business, Pets, Seasons, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, and Apartment Life prior to the closure of the servers and the official website on January 14th, 2013. Mark Mothersbaugh (of Devo and Rugrats fame) composed the music for this game. The console version doesn’t have any kids or babies, and it doesn’t have the player’s mother (as opposed to the console versions of the first game). When the music is playing through a boombox or other audio equipment in the game, I discovered Ryan Ferguson’s “Suddenly”. “You got a growing couch?” (after placing the “Sprouch Couch”) “Who are you talking to? Talking to yourself?” (male Sims do sound the same while using the TALK command) When my niece started watching me playing the game on the PS2, she was like this: The console version of The Sims 2 featured local splitscreen multiplayer, a story mode, and an option to control the Sims directly (which is somewhat similar to the Shenmue series), as opposed to queuing options. When I first started playing the PlayStation 2 version, the Get a Life and Free Play share a single file as opposed to the first game on the console ports.
