Kev and Alice are two Sims - father and daughter - created by Robin, a UK-based games design student.
Kev and Alice are homeless.
Welcome to the tale of Alice and Kev.
This is an experiment in playing a homeless family in The Sims 3. I created two Sims, moved them in to a place made to look like an abandoned park, removed all of their remaining money, and then attempted to help them survive without taking any job promotions or easy cash routes. [...]
I have attempted to tell my experiences with the minimum of embellishment. Everything I describe in here is something that happened in the game. What’s more, a surprising amount of the interesting things in this story were generated by just letting go and watching the Sims’ free will and personality traits take over.
Start the story here... it's really sad. And completely compelling.
(thanks Harry!)
Holy Balls. That is *amazing* on so many levels.
Oh, and it made me wish that the Sims had a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.
Posted by: kim | June 17, 2009 at 22:43
I started reading this thinking what a hopeless waste of time.
Having reached the end, I'm utterly hooked! What happens to them now? Will Alice ever have friends or get a job? Or marry?
Will Kev stop pissing himself and undressing at inappropriate moments?
Don't ever point me towards Soap Operas again!
Posted by: Simon | June 19, 2009 at 14:56
Lol... This really did make me giggle and also think 'what will they think of next...'
Posted by: Andrew | June 20, 2009 at 03:11
I had a horrible realization reading this... when true AI is achieved, I'm now certain that one of the first things that will be done with it will be to create the most dysfunctional personalities possible.
Ian McDonald's sci-fi novels are right- the soap opera stars of the future will be AIs, because they will be *real.*
Posted by: bob_d | June 21, 2009 at 19:03
It's a well interpreted & told story. It's impossible to say how it will turn out but I hope they continue with it for as long as it's interesting.
The first thing I thought of was this Bigger Than Cheeses comic.
Posted by: Evil Jim | June 23, 2009 at 10:15
Lol... This really did make me giggle and also think 'what will they think of next...'
Posted by: aion kinah | June 25, 2009 at 06:58
I'm in the process of reading it all right now, and I'm in awe at how realistic the AI is when it comes to emotions and emotional responses. It makes me wish I had a console capable of handling such a game...
Posted by: flash games arcade | June 28, 2009 at 20:10
Holy Balls. That is *amazing* on so many levels.
Oh, and it made me wish that the Sims had a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.
Posted by: buy mortal | July 30, 2009 at 03:06