That's interesting about the names. I knew most of the others, but not the scientific origins of the Curious brothers names (though I would have assumed as much).
I doubt that they would continue that story in Sim 3, since as you said, it's very dark, and not at all in the spirit of the core sims games (and I hope that they realize that, and that most fans wouldn't want to see that happen). Those consoles games are more like spinoffs, I think, and that PSP game wasn't so much a simulation as an adventure game, so I think that's where the more extreme and "edgy" storyline comes from. It's interesting, though, and I would like to play it out of curiosity.
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I doubt that they would continue that story in Sim 3, since as you said, it's very dark, and not at all in the spirit of the core sims games (and I hope that they realize that, and that most fans wouldn't want to see that happen). Those consoles games are more like spinoffs, I think, and that PSP game wasn't so much a simulation as an adventure game, so I think that's where the more extreme and "edgy" storyline comes from. It's interesting, though, and I would like to play it out of curiosity.