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🎉 THE DAY HAS COME!!! IT'S OUT!!!! 🎉

This has been such an amazing and fun journey! We're beyond happy so many great artists could join us and turn this little idea into a beefy magazine! We want to extend our thanks to each and every contributor and we hope you had as much fun creating for the zine as we had seeing, reviewing and assembling everything. 💚

How can I read this zine?

We coded this cute online flip book (big thanks to npc_crow!) to really get the magazine experience, but you can also download the free pdf here!

But I want to actually hold it in my hands! Can I get a physical copy?

Same, dear reader, same!

We are still trying to find an optimal solution uniting quality and affordability, and that requires looooots of testing.

Our plan is to sell physical copies at non-profit aka production & shipment price, and per request to avoid out-of-pocket expenses by printing stock without knowing if it would sell entirely. We hope to be able to fulfill printing requests soon and will be sure to update you about that.

Until then, we hope you enjoy the digital version!

-Team Nostalgia

#ts2

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you guys - 🤣

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This is funny 😂!

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I’ve tried to gather some useful tips and mods/cheats that I use when building and decorating.

1. Building Cheats

2. userStartup File (copy & paste)

3. Unlock Hidden Objects

4. Mods

5. Tips & Tricks

#ts2 #tutorial

Week 2 Part II: Bizarro Dwarves

#queens and conspiracies challenge

Week 2 Part I: Meet the Ashsteels

#queens and conspiracies challenge

Week 1 Part VIII: Summer Party at Elliot’s

#queens and conspiracies challenge

Week 1 Part VII: Wedding Bells That Sound Like Funeral Bells

#queens and conspiracies challenge

I've been building a custom neighborhood called Wavehill for a few weeks now. I made the map myself in Sim City 4 and while I'm by no means great at this, I still like how it turned out. Now I'm slowly building houses, community lots and of course sim families to populate the neighborhood with.

Wavehill consists of 5 levels:

On the top level, close to the mountains, I have placed a graveyard lot in the middle. It's still empty, because so far noone has died. (Yet. :3) On the left side I'll build a few fancy lot for rich families. On the right I'm planning residential areas for eco-friendly sims.

The second level is where most of the community lots are/will be. Theres a business district with a few apartment units, a culture area for parks, museums, ect., and an entertainment district with clubs, bars and restaurants.

The third level will be mostly residential lots. So far it's mainly starter houses and apartments.

The fourth level is still empty, but I want to build some industrial lots there. Maybe some really run-down apartments as well.

Finally, the fifth layer, by the sea, will have some beach lots.

#sims #simblr #sims 2 #wavehill

A while ago I managed to get Sims 2 to run on my computer again, and I honestly haven't touched Sims 4 since then. As much as I like CAS and build mode in that game, the actual gameplay never was as much fun to me. But I still have some old Sims 4 screenshots drafted, so I think I'll put them in the queue in case someone enjoys them.

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What should we do with The Grim Reaper (The Sims)?

Hug

Kiss

Marry

Kill

Voting ended onJun 24, 2024

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I don't remember why I made a giant freezer bunny or why I placed it on an empty map called Loneliness, but the pic certainly has a weird vibe.

#the sims 2

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I was browsing old IKEA catalogues from 1995-2004 for autism reasons, trying to find an old IKEA throw blanket I had that I cannot find confirmation had ever existed on any IKEA index outside of it being in my memories and on a chair I own. (I found it, btw.)

I accidentally stumbled across something rather... controversy-inducing.

A lot of The Sims 2's furniture is just 90s IKEA.

No, not just the IKEA stuff pack - that's mid-2000s IKEA, get it right! I mean 1990s IKEA.

Canopy crib, anyone?

I'll add more in a reblog, but those are nearly 1:1 with items in TS2.

The catalogues online are in Swedish but I have the English versions in storage in my garage. Besides the language change and a few small differences local to Sweden such as locations, colours, offers, and prices, the furniture was identical around the world.

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Maxis: We have made original objects for your Sims, based on the real world!

The real world:

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I'm old enough that I remember a lot of that stuff being at Ikea and recognized it when TS2 came out. The first Ikea in the US was like 30 minutes from the first house I lived in. We went there when relatives visited, because they didn't have one nearby yet. It was a local novelty. I have strong childhood memories of their ball pit and watching Star Wars or Care Bears in the childcare room while my family shopped.

The canopy crib isn't quite that though. It looks more Ethan Allen or something.

Edit- No, I found it. Basset, 1980s.

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Now that I'm more awake, I should add that some of the stuff was 90s/2000s Pottery Barn too.

I was OBSESSED with the lamp on the right. Seriously. I worked in the mall in the 2000s and I'd go "visit" it. I never got one. 😔

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Yep, and some of the barstools in NL are from Arrested Development.

There are dozens of little references to IRL furniture places and shows - and I'm glad to know others have spotted stuff like this!

Also, as for the Ethan Allen thing - I actually own a bedroom set by them, from 1980-ish. They definitely loved their arched canopies, though, so it may be either/or.

I do know the FreeTime record player was from avery famous Andy Warhol ad for Pioneer's audio systems.

Little inspo like this is why I run this blog in the first place. I absolutely would love others to add on.

Have two more "sims but IRL" photos!

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My political activist mermaid trans sim called Zen only greets people by beguiling them and asking them to join his cause to everyone on the entire island, this dude is about to start an small empire. He started a protest by himself and loads of women turned up in bikinis..? This was before anyone really knew him. This guy is living the life rn. Two people have crushes on him I don’t remember talking to. He owns a dolphin and a boat and lives in the smallest shack on the island full of things he’s collected on the beach. He never wins karaoke.