It’s a well-known fact that people who play The Sims are sick in the head. We all know someone who pulled the “drown the Sim by removing the pool ladder” move. A move that became so prevalent amongst Sims fans that the developers had to patch it out. Terrifyingly this is only the surface of Sims driven mental illness. Let us slide together into the dark depths of a Sims player’s mind. Please double check that the ladder can’t be removed as we do.
Now I never got into The Sims because I already have a life and, frankly, more than one seems horrific. Another job? More relationships to manage? Another house to clean? More meals to cook? The idea that people do that for fun is already a clear indicator that they’re mentally ill. Who goes to work just to come home and go to a fake job as a fake version of themselves?! I have seen a significant amount of the game through other people though and all those people are messed up. QED - everyone who plays is damaged to some degree, but, like the oceans, there are different and darker layers of Sims’ sociopathy. We’re still very much in the sunlight zone here so let us dive a little further and talk about those who torture their Sims - both the generalists and the specialists.
Generalist torture in The Sims exists in the twilight zone; there’s still some light, but we’re rapidly losing it. This layer contains multiple messed-up murder methods including the aforementioned pool ladder trick. Other popular tricks include: