They appear like Ken and Barbie." Having confused the work of unauthorised software mods with actual game code, Thompson threw one last jab claiming that EA was "co-operating, gleefully, with the mod community to turn Sims 2 into a porn offering" before resuming the important business of ringing Rockstar's doorbell and then running away.Īll of which was almost enough to overshadow the console rejig of The Sims 2, which landed in October 2005 on PS2, Xbox, GameCube, DS, GBA and PSP. "If someone with an extreme amount of expertise and time were to remove the pixels," said the enormous corporation, "they would see that the Sims have no genitals. Using a "simple code" from the Internet, Thompson alleged, it was possible to view the Sims in their foul unblurred state - "including nipples, penises, labia, and pubic hair".Ībsolute poppycock, retorted EA, before going on to insert some asterisks in the bit that said cock just in case. The reason for this outrage? The cheeky blurred pixels that cover up The Sims when they bathe or go to the toilet. He even declared it worse than GTA: San Andreas, which is rare praise indeed from one so versed in the gutters of gaming.
The Sims 2, it turns out, was actually a "paedophile's paradise" and gaming's "latest dirty little secret".
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