Mac Gaming: Apple Sims 2 Feature

What's more boring than playing the Sims for 3 hours? Reading a three page feature article on the Sims 2. Three pages!

Just kidding. Anyway, the article is actually pretty interesting because it talks about the movement from Sims to Sims 2 into an arena where you can spend a lifetime with your Sims. This lifetime can also be a ripe location for storytelling. Now, as I've mentioned before, despite my wife's fascination with the Sims, I've never seen the big interest in this game series. However, what's cool about this new version is the way you can use the Sims as your virtual cast and crew for little movies: "The Sims 2 features a new Story mode that enables you to tell your tales with either snapshots or video....You can capture sound along with your video clips, whose length is limited only by the amount of space on your hard drive. While The Sims 2 doesnt include built-in editing tools, you can import the files in iMovie, Final Cut Express or Final Cut Pro and complete your story."

Even better the article is actually only 2 pages long and the 3rd page is filled with tips and tricks as well as a few cheatcodes, including aging on/off, via which you can halt the aging process on your Sims. I'm thinking after I get my wife a copy of Sims 2, I may have to spend some time recreating the movie Highlander.