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It's kind of twisted and indicative that of all the things involved in the new Sims expansion pack (yes, I know, already) I am mostly excited about 1) more modest clothing - though still no hijab, all I want is a sim in a styling headscarf, is that too much to ask? and 2) growing grapes.

Yes, the ability to construct fantastic Indiana Jones-style puzzles for your digital people means nothing to me, but I will gladly drop $40 to have baggy shirts and a greater selection of grape varieties. As a gamer, I lack a certain oomph.

Also, may I choose this moment to say that the new pay-as-you-go downloadable content scheme kind of sucks? There's a lot of really attractive official content in the EA store, but if you look in the background of the screenshots for the expansion pack what you see all over is the same damn base-game folding screen and row of sunflower pots over and over. I know that the expansion pack Adds Powerful New Gameplay Options and so forth, but the reason the Sims is my game is because I like arranging digital furniture, and I'm ... not expecting World Adventures to have much at all. Sigh. Ahem it is, then.