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I used to love the original Sims game on PC (Ten years ago now) and I’ve not played it since then. One of the reasons I got into Home on the PS3 was because it reminded me of the Sims. So when Sims 3 was released for the PS3 I finally decided to pick it up again after all these years. And its still just as addictive as ever – and lots of fun!

Recently though one of my PS3 friends (Steven Dutch) who also owns the game was struck down by a game save bug – the game and his PS3 froze during a save, and now he can’t save at all! But he’s not alone, and nor does it seem to only affect PS3 users as Xbox users seem to get the Sims3 save bug too!

There was some discussion that it only affects you if you have clothes or items from the exchange, but other players have since revealed they have the bug and have not downloaded stuff. Now it seems that some players say the more you play the more likely it is to affect you (kinda obvious I know, but I think what they are saying is that as you progres and there is more stuff to save then its more likely to get bugged) For now i’m only playing offline just incase, and i’m making lots of saves and backing up to a usb stick!

Bugs like this are new to me… According to my friends on Twitter EA have not even acknowledge that the problem exists, and others have said that the bug also existed in the Sims 3 PC game!!!

I really do hope it gets sorted because everyone I know on the PS3 that has this game really loves it. Besides which I rarely buy full price games and i’d be livid if this happened to me and there was no way of fixing it. So please if you have this problem post in the forums below!!

• PS3 Forum Sims3 Bug thread
• Electronic Arts Sims3 Bug thread

Updated:

Well it looks like this bug is a real problem. This post is now the most read post on my blog… and it’s only just 24hrs old!!

2nd Update:

I’m getting more visitors than ever searching for “Sims3 PS3 game save bug, Sims3 Xbox game save bug, glitch etc etc”

Also it seems that EA are giving out some pretty useless support for the Sims3, a few of my PS3 friends say they have been given instructions for fixes relating to the Xbox!! Also… those fixes don’t even seem to work for the Xbox!

Again check the links above (especially the EA one) for more info and to let EA know your problem!

#42 - PS3 Home Comic Social Interview

This is an old one that for a number of reasons never saw the light of day!

Thanks to Fhoose & Loon!

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I was given this game for my birthday a few weeks ago. I’d been excited about it since I first heard about it last year and at Christmas I was lucky enough (Thanks Pongo!!) to get a beta for it, and later on of course the PSN Store demo… I have to say both of those put me off buying it. I don’t by many games (except PSN Store Games) as I just usually can’t justify the high launch price and somehow Modnation Racers didn’t feel like value for my £45.

But getting it as a present is a different matter! And while I still enjoy making the carts and the “mods” the racing is hard and doesn’t feel as fun as it could! While the tracks are quite inventive and have character I don’t really think the weapons are as fun as they could be… a lot of effort has gone into the comic style story… so why not the weapons? Instead of rockets, sonic booms and electricity bolts why not… flying killer wellies, cowpat mines and custard slicks?

Difficulty Level: There’s no doubt that I’m only a “casual” game player… U used a 100% game save on LBP until some friends encouraged me to delete it and play through with them. So I usually struggle with most games… but cripes is Modnation hard… okay so far I have got to the end of the “Grim Tour” but it’s been painful and often i’ll have to repeat each track 5 or 6 times… if you have to try it that many times you start asking yourself if it’s still “fun” and often the answer is “no”!

On each race you can complete certain challenges and unlock new parts and stickers for your mod and carts… now it’s making the mods and carts and tracks that attracted me to the game… so this is a big deal for me. But the objectives are so tough that I have unlocked so very few

Apparently the game makers added a patch to include a new “casual” difficulty level… but even that’s not helping me!

Despite me being not the best game player in the world I honestly think the game is far too hard… If I’d bought it myself I’d certainly be a bit peeved that I’d spent all that money. And I have to admit that on more than one occasion I’ve really questioned whether I’m enjoying the game at all… As so few of my friends play it online I don’t even have that aspect to keep me logging in… So I’m afraid that in a few weeks time Modnation Races may be collect a nice film of dust under our TV cabinet!

A little bit about the making of this comic:

I can’t count the total number of people involved, in the “cast” there are 33 people that I can name, yet there are many more that I can’t – while we were making this a lot of people jumped to us and asked to take part… where I could I remembered their names – apologies to you if I forgot!

Then there are the PS3 Twitter gang, 20 or so people who sent me DM’s, and tweets with Star Wars quotes, character names and suggestions. In total I think there were probably 60 people who helped out in some way or another! And they say events in Home are dead!!!

Because the comic is so big I have to publish it as a download (Link below) but for now here are the first few pages!

A New Home - PS3 Comic, Page 4

Download:

Download the comic at the Your Playstation Home Website

FAT C-3PO

Miniroll from the official forums has come up with this great story of a Fat C-3PO in Home, read it here!

Here is a little teaser!

Stormtrooper dating

Also: I’m just setting up a new theme on the blog… sorry if things are a bit screwy for a while :/

*that might be a lie!

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Ghosts @ Home - Ghosts in Playstation Home

Who is Katlyn Sellars... and why does it take so long to get into the Ward of Despair?

Pia Comic - "Meditation"