Sims 3 allows same-sex marriage!
June 6th 2009 19:36
As America moves toward the inevitable recognition that same-sex couples deserve the same rights as heterosexual couples, another barrier comes down as the latest version of the popular game The Sims allows same-sex marriage.
With the release of The Sims 3, gamers can do something many real people cannot. Of course, that's common in gaming, real people can't fly through walls or shoot a couple of hundred people in an hour. But by allowing gay marriage, the creators of The Sims 3 do more than just allow the fantastic, they help to move social progress ahead.
For those who don't know, the popular game series The Sims allows gamers to design and build entire societies, right down to minuscule detail. The last incarnation, The Sims 2, moved beyond the original, which did not allow same-sex coupling. The Sims 2 allowed same-sex couples to live together in a sort of civil union type setup. The Sims 3 goes all the way, allowing gamers to plan complete weddings for same-sex couples.
It might seem inconsequential to some, but it's an important advancement. The far right has been for years trying to capture the mind of the youth. That's why they are using tactics like "release time" to steal kids away from school and into religious indoctrination. They are fearful of kids being open-minded, of realizing same-sex couples are actually just couples. A game like The Sims 3 expresses just that.
I can just imagine it - some lame-brain group like Focus on the Family coming up with some software add-on that keeps Adam and Steve from getting married. Or coming up with an alternate game that only allows gamers to build a theocracy where they get the chance to persecute those who are different.
In the grand scheme of things, the Sims 3 release allowing same-sex marriage might not go down in history, but it is historic nonetheless.
With the release of The Sims 3, gamers can do something many real people cannot. Of course, that's common in gaming, real people can't fly through walls or shoot a couple of hundred people in an hour. But by allowing gay marriage, the creators of The Sims 3 do more than just allow the fantastic, they help to move social progress ahead.
For those who don't know, the popular game series The Sims allows gamers to design and build entire societies, right down to minuscule detail. The last incarnation, The Sims 2, moved beyond the original, which did not allow same-sex coupling. The Sims 2 allowed same-sex couples to live together in a sort of civil union type setup. The Sims 3 goes all the way, allowing gamers to plan complete weddings for same-sex couples.
It might seem inconsequential to some, but it's an important advancement. The far right has been for years trying to capture the mind of the youth. That's why they are using tactics like "release time" to steal kids away from school and into religious indoctrination. They are fearful of kids being open-minded, of realizing same-sex couples are actually just couples. A game like The Sims 3 expresses just that.
I can just imagine it - some lame-brain group like Focus on the Family coming up with some software add-on that keeps Adam and Steve from getting married. Or coming up with an alternate game that only allows gamers to build a theocracy where they get the chance to persecute those who are different.
In the grand scheme of things, the Sims 3 release allowing same-sex marriage might not go down in history, but it is historic nonetheless.
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The babies will pop in out of nowhere, sometimes a bunch of them. Also, since you can only play one family at a time, the computer will do horrible things to your other families that are AI controlled.
They will quit the job that took you 3 weeks to max out (game weeks of course
I still like the game but having children who move out only to be erased from existence completely is a bit irritating.
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