Happy First Day of October, everyone! I played the Ravelos for a good chunk of time last night and thought I might as well post an update. I’m going to do this one commentary-style and let the pictures and captions tell the “story”. This allows me to explain some of the gameplay and include the weird little Nightlife bits that you can’t really take pictures of. Just to warn you, this update is a bit long and wordy. Hope you enjoy it anyway. ;-)

After our fine young couple got married, Lauren, who is a Family Sim, wanted to Woohoo and Have a Baby right away. That girl wanted to get down to business! Simon didn’t mind, since he could just ask her on a “date” and let the subsequent flirting and woohoo run the date-o-meter up to Dream Date. His Lifetime Want is to have 50 of those, so I try for one every opportunity I get. Yep, this house is gonna be Woohoo Central.

“I told you I like men who live on concrete slabs!”

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Simon Ravelo was energized. After drifting from town to town for a few years, he was finally settling down in his favorite city, Rosebrook. It was the center of the universe to him, full of hip crowds swirling beneath the dancelights, shops and boutiques that catered to his every whim, and best of all, half a dozen places where he could find the world’s greatest espresso.

“Is this Xtreme enough for you?”

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