june gloom on 31/3/2012 at 23:02
Al_B: TTLG group this week: 232 hours Skyrim. 208 hours The Sims(TM) 3. 61.4 hours Football Manager 2012
Al_B: That just doesn't seem right. (ttlg-kru is better with the sims replaced with FO: NV at 86 hours, but FM2012 is still there in third place)
dethro toll: hahaha that's awesome
Al_B: Yes - in a way that I can't believe something's not gone wrong.... surely....?
dethro toll: i love it
seriously the fuck you guys doin'
sims 3? 208 hours? who's doing THAT
Al_B on 31/3/2012 at 23:40
It might be skewed by statistics collected by steam but over 200 hours on the the sims 3 in the last week? Tell me this isn't correct, please.
gunsmoke on 31/3/2012 at 23:54
I played it for 14 hours. Sorry... (pssst. It was actually my daughter. She was out of school for spring break.)
henke on 1/4/2012 at 10:26
Well Sims 3 was on sale a few weeks ago. Matthew gifted me a copy(thanks again!), though I haven't played it yet. Have been playing lots of Skyrim, although on XBox. On Steam I've mostly just been playing a lot of Frozen Synapse.
Muzman on 1/4/2012 at 10:35
Maybe it clocks the in-game time by mistake. 308hrs is nothin then. That's like ten trips to the toilet or something.
Matthew on 2/4/2012 at 12:04
How have I not managed to get LotRO in the top three? It's the only bloody thing I play these days.
Eldron on 2/4/2012 at 12:31
Sims 3 is the closest thing you'll get to a dwarf-sim without being dwarf fortress itself
hence, it's awesome!
Jeshibu on 3/4/2012 at 12:07
Quote Posted by Matthew
How have I not managed to get LotRO in the top three? It's the only bloody thing I play these days.
It only counts games sold or installed through Steam, otherwise you'd have gotten it to #1 single-handedly, I'm sure.
Also, I guess Frozen Synapse is just me and Henke now? :(
Malf on 3/4/2012 at 12:58
Quote Posted by Eldron
Sims 3 is the closest thing you'll get to a dwarf-sim without being dwarf fortress itself
hence, it's awesome!
Yeah, it definitely holds some of the same appeal, although I find object interactions in Sims games are a little too canned for my liking.
And while the sandbox is pretty damn awesome, it doesn't have the same scope for OMGWTFELEPHANTS as Dwarf Fortress.
Do kids die in Sims games, or do they get taken away by social services before they can croak?
I can't remember to be honest. I just know that in the 40d release of Dwarf Fortress my most successful site implemented a working baby drowner in order to maintain a reasonable framerate.
I've found in more modern releases that Danger Rooms serve much the same purpose, but I prefer drafting kids as soon as possible like some beardy shortarsed version of Ender's Game, except with more booze and disease.
That way, the ones that survive can build up truly impressive kill-lists.
Plus, the mother charging into battle using her baby as a shield is one of the stronger DF tropes out there :)
