For the first time in their lives, many sims experienced rain. Sim City has always been known as the city where it’s always 80, sunny and the weather never changes. In a city that is used to alien abductions, vampires, werewolves and other oddities, you would think the citizens could handle a little rain. “I blame global warming for this.” Bob Newbie, who was less than impressed, told us. Other sims were more excited.
“It was great seeing rain. The last time I saw rain I was on tour in Japan, I am big there you know. I considered running outside and dancing naked in it, but I wasn’t sure what the neighbors would think. Trent Reznor told us. “If my camera crew would have been here, don’t think I wouldn’t have done it. It would have made great footage for my next music video.”
The rain did confuse the children. Many of them thought that there was a hole in the sky. Others told us that they thought that rain was something that only happened in fairy tales. One child even went as far to say “The aliens made it rain. Aliens like rain.”
Sim City U is currently planning a class for next semester about the phenomenon of rain and other weather. The head of the science department, Dr. Storm, explaine, “If we are going to have weather, sims need to know what causes it where they can be prepared. Not only that, we need to dispel some of these myths about where rain comes from. Can you imagine what sims will think if it ever snows? I can see someone running through the streets yelling ‘God has dandruff’. Stuff like that is just going to cause a panic.”
First aliens and vampires, now rain. What other weirdness will plague Sim City next?
