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tobyfox

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DELTARUNE on sale! It's the big "20". Check websites for more.

December 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

Scrapped African World Update...And Royalty is the Final Sims 4 Expansion Pack?! 🤔

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Scrapped African World Update...And Royalty is the Final Sims 4 Expansion Pack?!

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December 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

FREE Items Rolling Out Now! 📫
(Sims 4 December 2025 Deck The Palms Event)

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FREE Items Rolling Out Now! (Sims 4 December 2025 Deck The Palms Event)

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December 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

Sneak Peek at Kids Activities in Paralives + Lighthouse! 🧸

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Sneak Peek at Kids Activities in Paralives!

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December 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM

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Paralives

@paralives.com

we’ve added new animations of activities for kids like building sandcastles and hopscotching 🧸

➡️ read more about our animation updates in this now public Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/140308...

📺 watch here: youtu.be/nBHDgf8wVHc

December 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM

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Paralives

@paralives.com

shop around the town’s stores and enjoy some tunes unique to each place ♬⋆.˚

➡️ check out more music behind the scenes in this now public Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/137042...

📺 youtu.be/Pyvy2dlTg1s

December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM

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Noodle | Britney

@oodlesofnoodle.bsky.social

THIS. A THOUSAND TIMES THIS.

Do. Not. Use. AI. To. Write. Your. Stories.

Josh Foreman @josh-foreman.bsky.social · 21d

Tumblr user nocryptographer:
I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation.
A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written.
AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence.
Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same.
There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that.
I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it.
If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene...
then it's real.

December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM

viv

@viv94.bsky.social

#RanMitake: #SpringSkiesintheNextGrade - #Chibi
#bangdream #bandori #afterglow #fanart #chibi

December 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM

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Paralives

@paralives.com

here’s an important landmark to the town: the lighthouse ‎✩˚₊

December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

The Sims 4 "Ending" in 2026 to be Replaced by...Project Rene? 🤔

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The Sims 4 "Ending" in 2026 to be Replaced by...Project Rene?

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December 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

EA is Ragebaiting So Hard...Spongebob in a SIMS Game?! 😅

(How did I end up posting 2 Spongebob-related videos in a row???)

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EA is Ragebaiting So Hard...Spongebob in a SIMS Game?!

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December 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

Fixes and 20+ Swatches Coming to The Sims 4 December 2nd! 🧺

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Fixes and 20+ Swatches Coming to The Sims 4 December 2nd!

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November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

Paralives Gameplay Looks Good, But I Can See Why It's Delayed... 🤔

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Paralives Gameplay Looks Good, But I See Why It's Delayed...

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November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM

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Paralives

@paralives.com

see you in an hour for the live mode youtube premiere ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

➡️ youtu.be/s7XxMchRd6c

November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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Paralives

@paralives.com

follow Milo’s unfortunate romantic journey and watch the full gameplay video on our youtube channel!

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November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM

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Paralives

@paralives.com

🚨🚨 LIVE MODE GAMEPLAY STREAM 🚨🚨

for the first time, we’ll share 45 minutes of uninterrupted gameplay! don’t miss it and tune in at 12:00PM (ET) Tuesday on YouTube: youtu.be/s7XxMchRd6c

🔔 click the notification button so you don’t miss it!

November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

Interesting...so a couple of save corruption causes in Sims 4 are being fixed in the December update, though it's not fixing everything. 🚧🔧

Full Post: forums.ea.com/blog/the-sim... #TheSims4

Recent Fixes
Infinite Loading: We’ve resolved an issue where converting Penthouses or Dorms into Residential Rentals could cause endless loading. This fix shipped in the November 4th Base Game update.
Error Codes 109 & 123: Root causes have been identified and fixed in the saves they appeared in. Expect these fixes in December’s Base Game Update. While the errors may still appear for other reasons, we’ve closed off a major source.
Ongoing Investigations
Protobuf Overflow: Some missing or corrupted Lots stem from save files growing too large to store all their data. Our Memory Boost feature appears to reduce the risk, and we’re running tests with intentionally oversized saves to confirm.
Error 801: We’re tracking a race condition that can crash games before loading. To help prevent conflicts, scratch files will soon move locations, improving cloud backup stability.
Modded & Overstuffed Lots: We’re studying how complex builds, cheats, and Gallery downloads can introduce lingering or incompatible data, even between saves.

November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

Fixes For SOME Save Corruption in Sims 4 Coming in December... 🚧🔧

MORE INFO ▶️ youtu.be/552FOAnUOf8 #TheSims #TheSims4

Fixes For SOME Save Corruption in Sims 4 Coming in December...

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November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

Paralives Got DELAYED! 😞
(Also, system requirements released)

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Paralives Got DELAYED! :(

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November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM

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Puck

@anotherplumbob.bsky.social

I can’t believe EA is going to such lengths to annihilate the value of The Sims IP. It’s upsetting as a player, but even from a business perspective it’s crazy that they’re turning such a distinct, fun and beloved game into a generic, AI-driven mobile brainrot

Sims Community @thesimcommunity.bsky.social · Nov 14

EA and Maxis shamelessly rip off "Dress to Impress" from Roblox in a new The Sims Project Rene playtest 🛍️
>> simscommunity.info/2025/11/14/t...

New The Sims Project Rene Playtest Blatantly Rips Off "Dress To Impress" From Roblox

We're slowly coming to a realization on why The Sims Mobile is shutting down its doors. All of that pay to play energy is going straight into the next The

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November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM

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Paralives

@paralives.com

A message from the Paralives team:

November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM

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Iron Seagull

@ironseagull.bsky.social

NOOOOO 🥺

Yeah yeah, that Shigeru Miyamoto quote everyone mentions when a game’s delayed. But it’s early access and they reminded us to expect bugs and not too much depth. Sorry, still disappointed we have to wait almost another half a year to play the game at all. 2025 has been rough. 🫩

Paralives @paralives.com · Nov 14

A message from the Paralives team:

November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM

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Paralives

@paralives.com

we’ve updated our Steam page and added the game’s minimum system requirements for PC and Mac :)

➡️ check out Paralives’ page here: store.steampowered.com/app/1118520/...