I miss having the newspapers in the sims 4. I was playing with elders and definitely made me think of them reading newspapers on the porch while drinking coffee. It was nice feature of having our sims have an option of finding a job in there, checking the for the weather forecast, comics, games, and even recycling. We could add local events to the newspaper. There should also be an option to start having newspapers delivered or stop them from delivering. What do you guys think?
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@crocobaura love the mail idea too, and buying the papers from the boxes!
I really love playing rags to riches. For my sims, early on, a newspaper would be a lot more believable than their cell phone.
So we get cheesy letters instead of cheesy pick-up lines? Great! It would be lovely to have landlines back too, especially as they work even when there's no electricity, they would be nice for off the grid gameplay.
Cheesy love letters with spicy gifts delivered right to your sim's door. No problem.
On a more serious note, (although I was being serious) I too would like Newspapers back in game.
It would be very relaxing to see the sim stroll out the door with a nice fresh cup of coffee and pick up the newspaper. Go back inside, sit on their Lazy Boy (we need those too) read all the local news and 'international' news. Do a crossword puzzle. Have a chat with the wife, who's reading her own Fashion magazine; a little nod to the kid who's reading the Voidcritter Express. Everybody Happy.
The landline rings, the wife picks up, has a little chat with the neighbour. My sims finishes reading the paper, unfolds it and lays it under the dog's bowzer bowl, replacing the newspaper from the previous day. My sim will then bring the old newspaper to the big bad recycler which he keeps in the shed at the back. And voila, gets a few bits and pieces out of it so his wife can craft another of her fancy candles.
Oh the good 'ol days... Anytime. Anytime.
Oh c'mmon, pull your mind out of the gutter Of course Loveletter will be poetic and heartmelting. Btw. does anything rhyme with woohoo? I can't think of anything.
Closest to a 'rhyme' would be 'Choochoo'. It's a sped-up type of 'Woohoo'.
Basically it goes from 'Oohoo' to 'Moohoo' to 'Woohoo' to 'Choochoo' to 'Oo-oo'. Poetic enough?
The sea is blue,
I've been thinking of you,
Let's woohoo.
I'm curious about the mermaid's reaction to this.
Either a Siren's Lullaby, or a Siren's Call.
The latter would be less favorable. You'd be reading about it in The Newspaper the next morning.
"actually a compound of two calls; the quavering hoo-hoo-hoo by the male and the reply of kew-wick from the female." I only learned this last week! 🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉
I forgot about the magazines but they should bring that back too! They should also make kid/teen magazines as well!
Totally!
I miss the landlines too! They need to bring them back! I would like my children to have this instead of a cell phone. Once they are teens then they can have a cell phone. I miss the option of buying them.
Ohhhh I love that idea! How super cool would that be? I wish we had frugal sim traits and would bonus points of some kind for spending less money for quality items.
And as far as newspapers go, I have always been an advicate of them, Believe it or not, there are actually people (my parents for one) who do not own a smart phone, and that read a physical paper each morning. They also use a land line, every day.
Little things like this should still be included, people play the game in many different scenarios. Historical/Medieval games, poor/homeless sims (if you're poor and not working and barely getting by, you're spending money on the necessities, a cell phone is not a necessity when it comes down to spend money on food, clothing, and shelter.)
The cell phone and all electronic gadgets should be optional.
Newspapers would be awesome and bonus maybe we could get a little NPC story progression with them, on occasion, like a little bit 😬.
Ohhhh and a weather report.
I miss those little S3 newspaper stories.