There’s little mystique found in The Sims—things can and often do get silly, but its core is grounded in reality.
Using The Sims as a playground for experimenting has been integral to games journalist Rebekah Valentine’s healing process following a break-up. Before it happened , she began thinking she might be bisexual. While she’s still coming to terms with her bisexuality and doesn’t want to date yet, she says it’s been immensely helpful to live through her Sim “to explore what my ...
She’s made a point of creating queer content, which matters given her visibility as one of the largest figures in the community. She’s driven by “the viewers who [have] needed to find it and ... desperately wanted to see themselves or their friends in the media, be it a videogame, TV or books”. While The Sims has been wonderfully inclusive with its options—you can pick a Sim’s physical frame, clothing preference, whether they can become pregnant, and whether they can use the toilet standing—there’s always room for improvement. Faux-Wilkins and her community have already discussed how the series can keep leading the charge on queer representation.
One way is the implementation of a third non-binary option to the Create-A-Sim tool and they/them pronouns in the game’s notification system. Faux-Wilkins adds, “Opening up that conversation made me realise that not all languages in the world have gender neutral pronouns ... That’s why I think starting these conversations are so important.”to include LGBTQ+ Pride items in The Sims 4. And, with the help of more queer-affirming media like The Sims, it truly does get better.
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