Long-time players of The Sims series are no strangers to the wacky descriptions found on some of the products throughout the games. The Sims 4 features descriptions for just about every item your virtual dolls can interact with, and the devs have beeen revered over the years for their quirky brand of humor. You don't even need to understand Simlish to appreciate the jokes.
Books have always been a part of this. Sometimes, they reference real-life series. Sometimes they're punny, sometimes outright silly. Between the skills, lore, emotions, and general entertainment books, a scroll through the catalogue of what's available for purchase is sure to bring a smile. Let your Sim cozy up by the fireplace (safely, we hope), and crack into one of these amusing titles.
10 ♒ Reel Her In - Han꧂k Billabong
Available for only §1, you too can become a master of romance with this book… and also fishing. Disclaimer, reading this book actually makes your Sim better at neither. Perfect to bring with you to read on a day at the fishing spot or the day before your hot d💞ate, Hank Billabong’s unique dual mastery is sure to entertain.
The book's summary calls it, “the ultimate advice for chauvinist fishermen,” and claims both women and fish “require just the right bait, and they fall at your feet.” So, if your Sim is facing romantic rejection and has low-level fishing skills, this might be the book for them.
9 Easy Recal🐟l Magic Tricks - 𝔍Slip D. Mine
Although we did receive a whole expansion pack based on magic, this helpful piece by Slip D. Mine came with the base game, and is great for Sims looking to become playful, for those who find 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:spellcasting difficult, familia꧂rs frustrating, and Glimmerbrook a far-off dream. But if your Sim is silly (and forgetful), then this is th🦂e book for them.
Sure, it won’t make your Sim better at actual magic, but it’ll keep them entertained for a few hours, as the tips in the book are “r♏epeated over and over again just in cﷺase you forget.”
8 🅠 A Game Of Groans - Greg Q.Q. Vartin
Though far from the only nod to Game of Tℱhrones, A Game of Groans made us laugh the hardest out of all of them. This particular one is by Greg Q.Q. Vartin, but you’ll also find A Game of Musical Chairs by Geoff S.S. Marlin on your bookshelf. The Sims is excellent at making pop culture references, and this one is sure to ring a bell.
The summary ♔of the book talks about how winding the series’ plot is, promising readers that, “you, too, will groan as you try to keep it all straight.”
7 🐈 The Plunder Gam൩es - Zane Trollins
Another entry that competes with other parody references of successful real-life fra🧜nchise, The Plunder Games takes a shot at the immensely popular Hunger Games series.
The Hunger Games was incredibly popular when the base game came out in 2014, so much so that it’s easy now to find Hunger Games-inspired 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:challenges for your game as well. Your Sim can also find classics on their shelves lik♎e The Bladder Games or The Glutton Spiel, but this one’s summary cuts itself off mid-sentence to ask, “Wait a second, how many parodies of this did we make?&rdquoᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ;
6 Twelve Or So Swatches Of Woo🔯Hoo - Mary Sue Arthurꦬ
ꦏWho could forget the cultural phenomenon that was 50 Shades of Gray? Beginning as Twilight fanfiction, the mature, bizarrely erotic book went on to spawn a further four novels and three films. But not everyone found themselves in love, like The Sims team. The summary for those who asked, “Are you prepared for the lewd, saucy, tawdry, bawdy, and licentious things a first-time author and her trusty thesaurus can make up? If so, read on!”
Outside the series’ primary demographic, though, reception was critical. The writing was lambasted for being lazy and amateurish, which is odd, because it feels like the origiꦺnal would fuit right into The Sims universe, with lines like, “I must be the color of The Communist Manifesto.”
5 Dusk Glo💖w - Bella Jacobs
Since 50 Shades of Gray began as online fanfiction before it was physically published, we wouldn’t even have had it without Twilight. Written by an in-game author who uses the names of two of the characters from the actual series as their pen name, thisꦆ Sims novel perfectly captures a humorous look at the paranormal young adult romance saga that swept through teen girls in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
For those unfamiliar, the Sims’ summary of it is apt, telling re🌱aders about how, “Young Darla must decide between a bad-boy vampire and a nice werewolf boy who is friends with her dad.” It’s not an unfair summary of the series.
4 🍸 Atlas Hugged - Ryan Brand 💝
Unapologetic in its crit🌞ique of a crumbling, dystopian America, Ayn Rand’s infamous novel has been a mainstay in the political landscape of the US since its release in 1957.
It examines a world in which the wealthy and successful abandon the desperate and hopeless, and the once-booming economy fails. While a turbulent economic system is absent in The Sims, the team summed up the parody both sarcastically, citing the lesson of the novel as - “p🅰eople learn that ruining things in the future doesn’t matter when you&rsq📖uo;re happy now!”
3 How To S❀eriously Injure Someone With This Book - J.N. Bri♍mley
Though we definitely think this book would have been a funny addition to the skills books available for the comical 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:mischief skill, we still giggle at the thought of our Sims kicking back and cracking into this weapon – I mean, book. If our Sims can pull pranks, this one would 🐭be great to add to their repertoire. We can already clog toilets, make prank phone calls, and blast air horns at people, so why not?
The summary urges reade♐rs, “Go ahead, read it! That’s right, lean in nice and close,” and it’d be funny to see Sims using this to trick others as well.
2 The Frequently Ending Story - Mike Trende ༺
I'll be humming the theme song from the classic 1984 film for the rest of the day, and you surely will be too, once your Sim grabs a copy of this book. Not-so-subtly based on The Neverending Story, the summary warns that, “The tale becomes gradually less realistic and frustratingly almost comes to an end on every page.”
The notion of a story with dozens of false endings cracks us up, and if there’s one Sims book I'd read in real life, it’s this one.
1 The Little Train That Couldn't - Batty Typer
Finally, this is the parody that cracked me up the hardest. Though the sparkling allure of childhood optimism was nice, this is a life simulation game, and life isn't always pretty. This novel takes an intensely jaded stance on that inspirational, kind-hearted ideal. The summary for it reads: “’I think I can’t’ is the motto of this children’s story that will help prepare your child for a life of obstacles, disappointment, and ultimately, failure. A somber reminder that there are only winners because there are losers.”
We’re all guilty of letting our Sims spend down to their last S🎐imoleon, of breaking up happy relationships for our own entertainment, or being mean to our neighbors for a laugh &n💝dash; and it’s tough not to let tinges of real-life annoyances seep into this idyllic sim.
