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Is Sims 3 For iPod/iPhone Worth It?

This is a question that comes up a lot wherever Sims 3 is discussed.  There is a Sims 3 app for sale, usually at around $5 or $7 depending on the whims of the pricing gods.  So the question is, should I buy it?

The answer is a resounding "maybe."

The first thing you have to understand about the mobile version of Sims 3 is that it is extremely limited.  This makes sense if you think about it!  Sims 3 is a very demanding game, so the version for iPhones and iPods is very stripped down in order to run.

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Sims 3 Ambrosia

In The Sims 2 it was so easy to be immortal!  All you needed was a Sim who went far enough with the Biology career track to earn a Cow Plant, and a disposable Sim.  (Neighbors were handy for this.)  The Cow Plant lured in its victims with what looked like a slice of tasty cake, it ate them, and then you could milk it, drink the milk, and get days knocked off your lifespan.

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Cooking The Recipes of The Sims 3

I have this crazy idea to cook my way through The Sims 3, starting with waffles and ending with Lobster Thermidor (if not the life giving, ghost resurrecting Ambrosia salad).  One thing that threatens to sink my plan is, how the heck do you cook waffles in a giant pan in the oven?  I have found that there is such a thing as a "waffle pan," which is a non-electric way to make waffles on the stove top.  But I haven't yet found anything that looks even remotely like what your Sims put into the oven when they make waffles.

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Ghosts in The Sims 3

Ghosts have been a part of the game ever since the first Sims was released.  In The Sims, ghosts would scare your Sims until you deleted their tombstones.  (Or had your Sims sleep on the second floor, while the tombstone or urn was on the first floor.  Ghosts didn't climb stairs.)  Sims 2 introduced ghosts with increased functionality, and different colors depending on the mode of death.

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Where do the books go? And the benefits of Handiness

First, a correction to my last post.  I discovered that skill books don't disappear once your Sim has read them, although it can seem that way.  When your Sim finishes reading a book, it goes into their personal backpack (the panel formerly known as Inventory).  So it LOOKS like it disappears, but it's there, honest! 

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Sims 3 Economics

In the first Sims game, it was hard to make money.  I remember sending my Sims to work, day after day, saving up to buy the best hot tub.  Remodels also required many Sim days - sometimes weeks - of saving in order to finance.  For Sims 2, Maxis changed the economics so that it became ridiculously easy to accumulate vast amounts of Sim wealth.

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