Strangetown Extras: The Brokes

[strangetomato]

Yes, this Strangetown extra takes place in Pleasantview. That makes sense, right? Well, in the sense that it's part of this Stranegtown story... yes, it does. I've been working up the other neighbourhoods to catch up with Strangetown, since this will be relevant to the story (and it's helping me with some of the details). I'm working on a drabble about Frances, which ended up being about Beau too, which then became more of a drabble+ with pics, so I've been playing with the Brokes a little to get some shots.

Something exciting happened: Brandi had twins! The family sim aspiration benefit really does work (but not every time - I played her earlier and had only one child, but didn't end up saving it) . I named the identical boys Gilbert and George. You get the reference, right? I hope so. Anyway, here are a couple of pics. You'll see more in the drabble. I'm having a lot of fun decorating the trailer.







Awww... aren't they adorable?




And there's Beau warming his ass on the radiator, which is (oddly?) one of my favourite new objects in AL. It just adds a nice touch of realism for me. I'd love a really cheap little portable space heater too, but this works for a number of settings.




Here's Beau autonomously playing with his little brother. Again... AWWW.

(Isn't it annoying how some of the SP and EA Store hairs aren't enabled for pajamas, etc? In theory, I like that Seasons feature of different hair with different outfits, but it's more trouble than it's worth most of the time.)

Now... back to get the shots I need for the drabble. I'm making progress on the next chapter too.



 

Comments

[hannahspring.livejournal.com]

Awesome. They are just too cute! :) Where us their hair from? Is it in the game or it's the new stuff from Sims 2 Store? I still don't have it. Have to take a look at MATY if it's up already. *crosses fingers*

[draganin.livejournal.com]

Some of them make sense not being PJ hair (hats for example)... but some of them are nothing more than slack coding in my opinion.

That first huggle looks like one of them is about to panic. XD
It has to be my favourite interaction from that EP... with the spring riders a close second. I hadn't tried the radiator yet; now I have to!

[leskuh.livejournal.com]

so cute! i like that with brandi you're guaranteed to get identical twins. i wish that could happen more often.

also when i was little i ran into a radiator and had this big welt on my stomach for a long time. so they always make me a little nervous. there's one in my dorm right now, because the building is just so old.

[music-simbol.livejournal.com]

*dies from the cute*

Fucking hell, now I have to get AL. *sigh*

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL MONDAY WHEN I HAVE THE GAME!!!!!

I was toying with making the last baby twins, but this cemented it. *eyes burn from cute*

Did you buy the Sims 2 Store hairs? Because in the ones I downloaded I did NOT get the Zombie Hair. (this is just my oh so clever way of asking you for a link. :P )

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Cool, twins.

That benefit really does work. I was surprised with some twins just the other day thanks to it.

That radiator is cool. Looks like AL's going to be one of those "like it for the random stuff" EPs (like Pets, with its great objects but the whole pet thing gets old).

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

Aww, cute. :D

That sucks that the zombie hair isn't binned for sleepwear... I hope someone fixes that. I would, if I knew how... hmm... maybe...

The radiator is cool. :)

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

Aww, it's Samson and Glenn! But uh, in this case it's Gilbert and George. :D

Do they have identical personalities, or are they like my two with totally different ones? Now I really want to get them introduced into my story. But I don't know how to get to that point! Grr.

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Awww, how cute! The toddler hug is adorable, but so is little Beau warming his butt near the radiator (I thought that was a decorative object, BTW!). He was always playing and teaching his little bro on his own in my game, hence why I chose the family aspiration for him in my Legacy.

I guess Brandi Broke is the only person who can give birth to "natural" identical twins. I wish that was more common in the game, though.

Gotta love MATY and their fixed hair files. I wish that zombie hair didn't "disappear" with the PJ's (and I also wish a few of the female store styles were available for teens and younger too).

There are so many cute and random interactions in this EP. Have you tried the mirror cabinet? I read that sims can wash their teeth with it! (Gotta try that right now!)

[franwi.livejournal.com]

I just can't get over the cute. And that hug makes me giggle.

[cameoflage.livejournal.com]

Radiators are cool, but playing more Half-Life 2 than is healthy has led me to associate them with using the Gravity Gun to yank them off the wall and shoot them at zombies, so that might spoil my appreciation a bit :P

[80sfiend.livejournal.com]

Aww Brandi had twin boys in my game too! Weird. :) Also, they're cute!!!

[sophie10.livejournal.com]

How come Brandi can have identical twins? Am I missing something and is there a way of cheating it?

[amaryssobellus.livejournal.com]

OMG! I had no idea that the toddlers could hug like that!!! SO CUTE!