![]() After work, he’d have class, homework and then a study stint in the library. Most of the time, he’d get back home at 4am from the local uni hotspot to get a measly two hours of sleep before waking up once more to make cappuccinos. My Sim got a barista gig to pay his way through college.This meant an early 6am to 10am shift. That’s not to mention the aspect of keeping up a job. I started up the game in a furtive attempt to experience a semblance of university life amidst a repetitive whirlwind of Zoom calls and breakout room But if you want your Sim to take part in any other activities, you’ll need to devote time to them too. This immediately becomes the bane of your Sim’s existence. There are classes, homework for those classes, followed by studying for those classes, topped off with a timetable of essays and exams at the end of the year. It’s virtually impossible to do everything. The university aspect of the game is surprisingly difficult. However, my Sim would persevere through a miserable and measly university experience. My Sim was entering “university” with virtually no funds, and would have to get a job to be able to pay off loans. Once the experience was over, however, I realized just how close the game was to reality, and I hated it. When you’re trying to gleam reality from a simulation game, I reckon you’ve already lost. I started up the game in a furtive attempt to experience a semblance of university life amidst a repetitive whirlwind of Zoom calls and breakout rooms. That night had been one of those nights, where I was easily swept up by its call of nostalgia and escapism. However, the lure of its addictive nature is always waiting around the corner. It’s that type of game that invites a week-long, sleep-depriving binge before you finally neglect it for the rest of the year. If you didn’t spend your childhood hunched over a burning laptop trying to keep an imaginary family of four alive, then maybe you haven’t played the Sims. ![]() Purchased in the heat of a sale a couple of months prior, it lay there, patiently waiting to be played. On this night, the culprit was an old friend of mine perched on my computer desktop – the Sims. Nothing fuels me to get creative with my time more than procrastination. ![]() Naturally, this means I was doing anything but college work. My Sims 4: Discover University tale begins on a cold night earlier this year, mid-lockdown, when I really should have been doing college work.
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