The Barrington-Smythes

It seems that "shorts" are quite popular these days.  YouTube has a "shorts shelf" for videos of one minute or less and which are now monetised for those who qualify.  Tik-Tok is also very popular with short videos although they have upped the watch time to 10 minutes at the time of writing this.

I have also noticed that quite a few people enjoy "no commentary" videos.  In a way, this also closes the language gap where actions can speak louder than words.  And of course in The Sims, well, everyone knows Simlish :-)

Which brings me to today's video.

For a little while now, I have been recording my personal gameplay.  I play rotationally in The Sims 2 and, with each rotation, I record it and make a little video out of it by cutting it up into lots of little shorts and piecing it all together without any commentary.  This seems to go down quite well with my subscribers although it does take quite a while to complete.  Gameplay can be around 6 to 7 hours and a video can end up being just 20 or 30 minutes.  However, it is fun to do!

My latest episode is The Barrington-Smythes.  This is Part 4 where my couple are left alone with their cat Abbey after their children have gone to Uni.  

If you like shorts then you will love this episode of The Barrington-Smythes and if you like "no commentary" videos, you will surely enjoy this offering :-)

- Minicart (Jules)

The Sims 2 Secret Society

As with the Open for Business expansion pack for The Sims 2, I have also been asked how Sims can join the Secret Society at University.

I don't always get my Sims to join the Secret Society when playing, only my Legacy or Goth-type family, so as to keep the Society a bit of an enigma for others.

Although Sims are able to go to the Secret Society house where there are some cool things, such as career reward objects and lifetime aspiration reward objects, I usually have these things after a few generations, in my Greek Houses which I set up from scratch.  They are also able to hack their grades and seem to automatically know about the "secret handshake" which only members can perform.

So, I decided to make a tutorial showing you how your Sim can join the Secret Society in The Sims 2 University.  It took just over three Sim days which I thought was pretty good, considering that my Sim had to get skill points, do his term paper and make friends with three of the Secret Society members during that time.

You can check out my video here:

9 Mill Lane

I have been building quite a few Sims 2 lots lately, recording as I go and turning them into speed builds for posting on YouTube.  My latest is "9 Mill Lane" and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

I did use custom content in this lot, mainly for the flowers in the garden which are converted from TS4 Cottage Living to TS2.  These plants are seen as "objects" and don't need watering or trimming, so that saves your Sims a lot of time in the garden!  As with all lots, if you download this, all custom content is included in the file.

As you will see from the end of the video, my Sims seemed to settle in very well in their new home 😃

So, without further ado, here is the video - enjoy!