Monday, November 24, 2014
SimChuck & Happiness
Chuck Klosterman attempted to make a perfect replica of himself and his life in the video game Sims. In his chapter Billy Sim, he explained that it is nearly impossible to make his SimChuck happy. The reason for this is because RealChuck and SimChuck have completely different personalities and are happy in dissimilar ways. RealChuck described his avatar as a whiny little b*tch. He would buy his character fancy, expensive items (like a classy bed and a huge mirror) and that would result in SimChuck's happiness. This frustrated RealChuck because extravagant items aren't that important him. SimChuck uses natural happiness because these items are what he truly wants. RealChuck is displaying synthetic happiness because he is settling for the lousy mindset of his whiny, materialistic avatar. RealChuck also demonstrates this happiness in his everyday life because he's content with the minimalistic life he chooses to live.
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You have such an interesting blog. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed reading your posts. All the best for your future blogging journey.
ReplyDeleteI inevitably agree with you, these avatars are not set up to have synthetic happiness when things don't turn to the way you want to be, which kind of make the game less replicator.
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