Richie, who had been playing the game all night, had all kinds of dark circles under his eyes when he went to class the next day. He doesn't know how to wear makeup, and he can't use technology to remedy it like Lisa-senpai. As a result, he seems to be infinitely close to being hollowed out.

After leaving the computer version of The Sims, he even turned on his handheld and played his favorite games, which made him feel a little bored.

Excellent video games, or any good entertainment. In fact, there is a strong exclusivity.

When you see a cool book and can't extricate yourself, then read any book, and then do anything to feel boring.

And Richie at this moment is in such a state after playing The Sims.

Truth be told, The Sims, which hasn't made it to the final version yet, leaves a lot to be desired. But it's such a flawed game that can make Richie like this, which is enough to show how powerful this game is.

What's even more terrifying is that Richie still hasn't figured out what is so special about this game made by John and his wife that actually attracts him like this.

It's just a computer version of the game......

But why is it so interesting?

Richie, who has not studied video game theory or human psychology, naturally does not understand the mysteries of this.

One of the directions of The Sims' gameplay is that the game allows the player to control the protagonist and work hard to achieve almost all of his wishes.

You know, it's not realistic to work hard like that in the real world.

Although everyone hopes that if they work hard, they will succeed.

However, due to the limitations of various objective conditions, more often than not, people are either so busy that they do not have the slightest time to enrich themselves and let themselves grow, or they have worked hard without results at all.

To give an obvious example, there is a boy who loves a girl with all his heart, and after countless efforts, what he has gained is not happiness together, but just a good person card.

The reason why Takahashi's "Green Album" was able to achieve decent sales was because the success rate of chasing girls in video games was much higher than chasing girls in reality.

And, compared to the girls in reality, the girls in the game can't become real people except for them. Even in terms of personality and hobbies, or the degree of understanding of people, it is far more than a real girl.

Today, when the economy is in decline, it is even more difficult for boys to find a girlfriend.

Because, compared to the excellent standards of boys, the excellence of girls is easier to achieve.

No matter how beautiful or ugly, as long as you learn to wear makeup, you can reach above the level.

Regardless of academic qualifications, as long as you earn enough money to spend on yourself, you can make yourself beautiful, and you are an excellent woman.

And the other way around, a man.

Not only should the sun be handsome and have an outstanding figure. You also need to have a car and a house, and your monthly income is more than 500,000 yen.

It seems that this is the only way to be the standard of an excellent man in the hearts of women.

Even, I can't wait for such an excellent man to not have to go to work every day, as long as he surrounds himself and pleases himself.

Because the standard of excellence is different, because the difficulty of achieving excellence is different.

Therefore, in this new generation called Heisei, a large number of boys choose to devote all their emotions to animation or games.

The girls in the animation and games will not dislike themselves, will not cheat, will always love themselves, and can stay young forever.

Compared with real girls, such a cost-effective choice, why not choose?

As a result, the marriage rate has been decreasing year by year, and the number of birthrates has become more and more declining.

It's not because Heisei is out of the house, but because these boys can't see the hope that they can change reality through their own efforts.

So, they can only devote themselves to the virtual world. In the virtual world, you can change one world after another, break through one boundary after another, and bring comfort to yourself.

The gameplay of The Sims PC also includes this part.

What Richie experienced in the game last night was something he would almost never have done in his life.

In the game, he created a character who became a master of pickling girls.

Communicate with countless lovely, mature, mature and sexual (harmonious) young ladies and big sisters to communicate with the spirit and flesh.

In this game, he experienced what it feels like to be a winner in life.

He liked it and wanted to get on with it.

Compared to those previous games, the happiness and sense of accomplishment brought by defeating the demon king and saving the world.

This kind of happiness and sense of accomplishment of a winner in life is more in line with his life and makes him like it more.

This is also the main reason why he has a withdrawal reaction.

Nobody wants dreams to stop, do they?

"John!" Richie looked at Takahashi with tears in his eyes like a poor puppy.

"What's wrong?"

"I was wrong! I was so wrong! I love The Sims, I didn't say that I was right yesterday! Can I still go to your house today to play The Sims?" Richie's voice almost pleaded.

"Yes, but you have to do me some favors, and remember to keep it a secret, and don't tell anyone anything you see in my house!" Takahashi emphasized.

Making a modern video game is obviously not something that one or two people can do. Even if the scale of "The Sims" is not large, it will take at least two or three years to make a "Sims" that can be sold with just two people Takahashi and Xiao Ai.

Time waits for me.

The video game industry is changing almost every day, and if the time between the project and the release time of a game is too long, the best option is to tear it down and redo it.

In Takahashi's impression, because the production cycle is too long, there are cases of games that have been torn down and redone several times.

In order to perfect The Sims faster, Takahashi needs more people!

And although Richie seems to be very unreliable, his programming ability is very strong.

At least better than himself, with the addition of such a programmer, Takahashi feels that the progress of game production will be greatly accelerated.

Moreover, the programmer only needs to play games for him, and he doesn't even need to be paid......

Moreover, this programmer is even more interested in the game than those who pay for it......

Jobs and hobbies are definitely different!

People work to survive, not necessarily like to work.

People love hobbies for the sake of hobbies, and they spend countless hours for hobbies!

Isn't it very happy when work and hobbies coincide?