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New Sims 3 Stuff Pack Suits Your Sims In Diesel

UNDERWEAR. I WILL BE BUYING THIS BECAUSE CUTE UNDERWEAR. EA has just announced the upcoming The Sims 3 Diesel Stuff, available in July. It adds three dozen wardrobe items for men and women, many from the Diesel spring/summer 2012 line, as well as home furnishings and decor items. You can pre-order the pack now for the standard $20.

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PixelPixies continues to amuse and amaze, this time with a Sims 3 file going where no Vulcan has gone before…Lunar Lakes. The mission log style of these entries is hilariously executed and make for a great read. Download your own Spock from Mod the Sims member Princess Leia.

Cake before Swordfish? I totally spoiled his dinner.

(Actually the animation turns the food into a slice of cake before they swallow it, I just happened to get a lucky shot, ha).

My Sim spent a quiet day fishing for puddle shark.

A few screen shots from Lunar Lakes, The Sims 3.

The new Sims 3 update adds a lot of the social features promised for Showtime, including achievements. The pop culture references abound! I love the first one I got, referencing Seinfeld.

In addition to the achievements, you can now chat with friends in-game, write on their wall, and generally dick around and distract them from what they’re doing. It’s unnecessary, but it’s functional for the most part. They also added new Vegetarian recipes, Tofu, and Banana trees. I’ve yet to grow one though. I even spotted a new tool in the Building section, meant to make surrounding tiles adapt to the modification made on just one. Will update as I find more changes.

My friend PixelPixies has got to be one of the most creative Simmers on the planet. She not only puts all my Sims files to shame, she also presents them so creatively that I could just weep with pure jealousy. To check out her recent series with Marilyn Monroe, complete with custom character built by Italian site Rock The Sims, check out this tag.

Under the stars in Lunar Lakes, the new town now available for The Sims 3.

And Here I Thought I Couldn’t Be Any More Disappointed With EA

I guess I haven’t been to the Sims 3 store in some time, because this is the first I’m seeing this: The Sims 3 Iams Pet Starter Kit. The page is accompanied by the text:

Start your pet on the right track today! Do you love your pets? Yes? Well we do too! So do our friends at Iams!

No. Iam does not love pets. Iams has persistently been experimenting on animals for decades, and their actions have been among the most cruel. The last time they got caught they made a bit of progress in how they treat their subjects, but they are still far from humane, and refuse to allow their facilities to be evaluated. It’s disheartening to see EA partner with Iams, when such partnerships continue to perpetuate the myth that Iams can be trusted to provide the best for our animals. While they claim their studies are only in the interest of nutrition, I don’t know that I’d trust my pet’s health in the hands of a company who can’t be bothered to treat their 700 test subjects with any decency.

If you’d like to speak out against Iam’s treatment of animals, please sign the Change.org petition.

Iiiiiit’s Showtime! For The Sims 3 that is. And this new expansion has a very special guest star, Katy Perry! Check out some new screens of the upcoming content, which brings some exciting features to the series. There are four new professions; Singers, Performers, Magicians, and DJs; the addition of social features like chatting with friends, and making status updates; the option to build performance halls for your Sim, and *drumroll please*…the ability to transfer your Sim into a friends’ game for out of town gigs!

The Sims 3 Showtime is due out March 6, and available for pre-order now.

Did I name my new Sims 3 pet Punch just so I could do this? Maybe.