Holidays!

Hey Simers!
Long Time No See!

Sorry about that, school has been busy. I've had to focus on getting better grades lately, and now that I have improved and have some time off for the holidays, we can get back to simming.

So, over the next few weeks, I will be releasing other episodes (including those recently taken down, due to lacking acknowledgment of the music used). Sorry once again for such an inconvenience.

Look out for new episodes coming your way soon!
Alex

Mini Update

Hey everyone,

Just a little update to say what is going on with the show right now...

Well, Episode 8 Pets, was realeased today. It has a fair bit of info  (or so I believe) about the 4th Expansion pack, Pets.

I am still trying to upload some other episodes, and might be recording another episode in the very close future (watch this space!)

I do need to catch up on the show notes on this blog, which I shall try to do shortly.

Anyway, thats all for now.

So go out, get episode 8, and keep enjoying your sims!

The Episodes are available here.

See You Soon

Spam and Email

Hey Simmers,

Some of you may have noticed that all the emails on this site have been replaced, to now read simsdownunder(at)gmail(dot)com. This is because I have been recieving spam email from all those nasty people who make the world a scary place. As interested as I am in entering the Web Lottery, I have had to stop this happening. Just type the adress as you would a normal one, obviously replacing with @ and with a .

As usual, you can email me at simsdownunder(at)gmail(dot)com.

Until next time, Keep enjoy your sims (unless they are recieving spam!!! :O)

Alex

Headset Broken! Plus MORE!

Not feeling Very Good right now.

First of all, I went out to the shops today and bought my copy of The Sims 2 Free Time

Felt Very Happy to of finally got it, but when i turned on my computer and walked away, I tripped over my Headset and it broke.

So sad, because now I will need to buy my 3rd Headset since starting this podcast.

Heres pictures:

Also, the website host im using is currently down, so I cant work on the Site

Sorry!

Game Crash?

Hey all, look at this:

I was in CAS making a family, and my display drivers crashed.

Look at what my game looked like when I came back to it:

No cheats, that is what my screen really looks like right now. That is not how I want my sims!

And she continued to look like that...

Anyway, editing Episodes tonight. Upload soon.

Until then...

Keep Enjoying Your Sims (unless they end up like that!)

The next show...

Hey,

The next show starts at 9:15Am AEST (7:15PM EDT in America)

This episode will be on pets!

Hope you can join in live on talkshoe

See you there!

Alex

Finally!

Hey,

Its taken way too long, and I'm sorry about the wait, but now Episode 5 is up for download! I hope you all enjoy learning a little bit about the University expansion pack.

A custom content download was not recorded with this episode, so listen to Episode 6 when it goes up for the download code.

Get it at talkshoe

See you at the next Episode tommorrow!

Downloads

Hey,

For each of the Expansion episodes there will be a download on the website (link will be up tommorrow)

You will need to listen to the episode to get the code for the download. Then when you go to the site, enter the code and you will get the download.

SIMple?

I hope so!

See you soon.

(Update: AS I have had difficulty in this area, these Expansion pack specific downloads will be posted to the website when it is up, without any codes needed.)

Open For Business starting soon

Episode 7 will be starting in around 20 minutes....

Please visit http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/14336 to listen and chat live!

Call id is 14336

See you there!

More...

Hey,

Another Episode tommorrow, on Open for buissness, also will record nightlife episode live so that we can edit it in (difficulties last week)

Also,  the 8th Expansion has been announced officially! Here is the information

We only need 9 more downloads to reach 200!

Thanks to all for listening!

See you live tommorrow on Talkshoe

Alex

Website

Hey Simmers,

I am currently designing a website for our show! It might take a while to create, but will have some good features worth the wait.

More information to come...

Alex

Episode 5 - University and More Sims 3

Hey listeners,

Episode 5 was great! We had a whole load of live listeners and callers (around 10).

Thanks for joining in! Sorry about the microphone issues again, I think I have finally fixed them. The people who have downloaded the un-edited file should delete it and re download the new one. I will upload later on today.

Hopefully we shall not have any more microphone troubles (thanks Rob!). Will keep you posted. Also vote on the Competition poll right here at the top of the blog. We need to have a winner!

Sims 3 email to fansites:

http://news.filefront.com/first-email-for-the-sims-3-sent-to-fansites/

Sims 3 Official Site Info:

http://thesims3.ea.com/about.php

More Sims 3 Information:

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3167001

Ea Land:

http://ea-land.ea.com/

If you want more University Information please contact me with any questions.

simsdownunder(at)gmail(dot)com

Did You Know: Sims Can Play Marco Polo. Just get in the pool and click another Sim and choose

'Ask Sim to Play Marco Polo' (Seasons Needed)

Thanks for listening!

The Judgement - JJ vs. Vernon

Choose Your Faverite Sim! This is a competition two of my friends at school had. They had to make a better Sim. Please Email me your choice to simsdownunder(at)gmail(dot)com. Or leave a comment to this post! Or do the poll to the right of this page. Please do not vote twice! JJ and Vernon DO NOT VOTE!!!!!!! I will announce the winner soon!!!

These are the pictures of entry 1, taken in bodyshop

AND These are entry 2's, taken in game. The sims are named Ping and Pong (Yeh I know weird names, why call a girl Pong?? haha!)

VOTE NOW!

(P.S. The next Episode will probably be either tonight or tommorrow, depending on when the OFFICIAL SIMS 3 INFO IS RELEASED. It should be out soon. OR, I might record half tonight and the University half tommorrow. We shall see...)

Update

Ok listeners, Episodes 3 and 4 are now ready for download at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/14336.

Unfortunately, I think my microphone has broken, and will probably be trying to buy a new headset for recording the show soon. Hopefully I will have this ready for a Sims 3 update and discussion and University Episode 5 this Wednesday.

Also, I am still having trouble getting the live recording to have good quality. I think this is because of my relatively slow internet (Thanks alot Telstra!) which makes the recording quality very bad. I will try to fix this!

Thanks for listening to the show!

Keep Enjoying Your Sims!

EPISODES 3 & 4

HEY listeners,

SO Sorry I have been trying to upload Episodes 3 & 4 but my internet doesnt seem to be able to do so right now =[

I will keep trying!

Sorry!

Episode 4 - The Sims 3 Update

Heyy,

In Episode 4, I basicly just gave some more Sims 3 news as well as some other general news on the podcast. 8 days until official info on http://thesims3.ea.com. Sadly, the release date I have seen is 15th of December 2009. =[

Information on the E-mail that was send out to fan sites is at http://news.filefront.com/first-email-for-the-sims-3-sent-to-fansites/

and Games for Windows Sims 3 info site is at http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3166813

Please E-mail simsdownunder(at)gmail(dot)com

or see the show page at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/14336

Keep Enjoying your Sims!

Episode 3 - Create A Sim plus Sims 3!

WE REVEALED BREAKING NEWS ON THE SIMS 3!!! I AM SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED ABOUT THIS GAME!!!

Today we had some news, the main point being that the Sims 3 website is up at http://thesims3.ea.com/

Information was found at http://l33tzone.wordpress.com/2008/03/07/sims-3-more-details-unveiled/

or you can check out the Games for Windows magazine site at http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3166813

Information will be released on 19th of March! CAN'T WAIT!!!

Also, the show has now been accepted on iTunes.

Now onto the show.....

Customizing the CAS Screens tutorial is at http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=1346286

From this page you can get the Any Game Starter or Base Game Starter

The CAS object removing hacks can be found at http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=162363

And the CAS switcher program is at http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=275562

More information to come!

Sims Down Under Update

Hey,

Just a little bit of an update on the podcast...

We are being reviewed on iTunes.

"Dear Podcast Owner

Your podcast feed, [ http://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss14336.xml ] was successfully added and is now under review. 


Sincerely, 

The iTunes Store Team"

Hopefully this will be on the iTunes store soon.

Please contact simsdownunder(at)gmail(dot)com with any questions or comments on anything to do with the game The Sims 2 or the podcast. The next Episode will be live this Friday afternoon at 5:15PM Australian EST or 1:15AM EST in America. Sorry to those American listeners. Episode 3 will be on the Create A Sim Screen in the game. To join in live visit http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/14336.

Keep Listening!

Alex

Episode 2 - Where do I start?

I dont know what happened but the live version stuffed up so I had to re-record it. Quality was terrible. In the intro "Talkshoe - recorded live" you can hear the quality of the show. So I replaced the rest.

Anyway, in todays episode, some basic questions were covered. I was aiming to give a little bit of information to new players as to what kind of computer they should use as well. Also, a short warning on getting custom content was played.

At the begginning, I mentioned a few other podcasts on The Sims 2 that inspired me to create this one.

The Sims 2 Challenges by Rachel

And, Customizing The Sims 2 by Jerry

Please follow the links, as they will teach you a whole load of information about the Sims 2.

I also breifly spoke about some graphics cards that are incompadible with The Sims 2.

(graphics will be largely reduced and gameplay will be low quality)
Here they are:

ATI Rage Fury, Matrox Millennium G400, Matrox Millennium G550, NVIDIA Riva TNT2, Matrox Parhelia, ST Micro KYRO, S3 DeltaChrome S8, SiS 315, Trident Blade XP, SiS Xabre 400, XGI Volari

There may be other graphics cards that do not work also.

Anyway hope you enjoyed the show, please e-mail simsdownunder(at)gmail(dot)com if you have any questions, want to suggest anything for the podcast or want to give me some advice on the podcast. Visit the show page to subscribe or download http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/14336.

Episode 1 - Introduction to The Sims Down Under

This was just really a short welcome and explanation of what The Sims Down Under is.
Please tell me what you think and tune into the next episode schedualed at 5:00PM in Australia.

To listen or join in live, visit http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/14336. You can email simsdownunder(at)gmail(dot)com.

You can also download Episode 1 right here

Welcome to The Sims Down Under!

Welcome to the blog for The Sims Down Under Podcast. This is an Australian made podcast with hints, tips and tricks, tutorials on both gameplay and custom content, and information about the game The Sims 2.

You can e-mail

simsdownunder(at)gmail(dot)com

or download the podcast through the Talkshoe.com page.

http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/14336

The podcast is also available in iTunes.

Hope You Enjoy!