Maxis Magazine Mailbox - #1 We’ve gotten a few asks since we’ve restarted the account, so we picked out a few to respond to below!
1 - From @blumpob We used Soria, Theban, Moalang, and one other we weren’t able to identify, likely found on Dafont. The body text was done in DIN or Gilroy.
2 - From anonymous Thanks so much for telling us about a broken link! After searching around some more, it seems like the necklace conversion has gone missing from the internet.
3 - From @paperaddy We’re so glad that you are enjoying our content! The zodiac page from this issue was really fun to make, so it’s great to see that you all enjoyed it! We are considering doing more zodiac-themed posts in the future *wink wink*
4 - From anonymous It took us a while to respond to this (oops) but we want our issues to be less focused on specific holidays/events and more on the broad theme of the month, so that is why our October issue wasn’t solely about Halloween. The same will go for future issues (such as December) where a lot of holidays occur, we think it’s important to recognize all of them while also showing off other aspects of the month (weather, fashion, etc.). 5 - From anonymous We’re happy to be back as well! 6 - From @uonosims We really appreciate all the comments like this, it’s what makes us want to continue making content! You all are super sweet, and we are eternally grateful! 7 - From anonymous We’ve handed this question over to our head designer, Nadine, who made the sims for this page:
“ I agree with the underlying sentiment. I made the sims for this page, and I actually happen to be black myself. this is a really good opportunity to explain the creative vision for this page, and to address an important topic that I believe needs further discussion in the context of The Sims community. As readers can probably tell, multi-ethnic inclusion is important to the contributors behind Maxis Magazine. I (Nadine) live in a major US city, and wanted the sims featured on this page to represent the WoC I encounter on a daily basis. for a few sims featured, I drew inspiration from people I actually know in real life.
1. The 1st sim you see featured is inspired by a close friend. She has a congenital condition, partial albinism. she’s black. her hair is actually kinkier and more voluminous than any hair i could find. 2. A bit ambiguous, as I was creating this sim I maybe thought she'd be of Dominican origin, mixed. reference 3. I drew inspiration from a glamour-shot of my Aunt in the 80s. 4. Ethiopian / East-African
I tried my best to create accurate, ethnically-diverse sims for this page. It defeats the message to name or debate the criteria for that which makes up the Black profile, but a kinkier hair-type would certainly be an attribute -- a very obvious ethnic marker.
As WoC, regardless of our nationality/origin/how much or how little melanin we've been blessed with, there is a shared politic that we’ve inherited as people with curly/kinky/coily/textured hair. That was the message we’d hoped to communicate with this spread. However, I think the inclusion of lighter-skinned sims in this issue could have been irksome because of colorism and racism, more specifically how it takes shape within The Sims community. here is a great article that explores this topic more, which i highly recommend everyone read.
If you or anyone is interested in speaking about this further, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at @donutsimmings! ”