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\"police_brutality\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Does any game have better patch notes than a Sims game? From the notes for v1.50<\/a>:<\/p>\n

New air conditioning units and electrical box decorative objects.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Worst. Decorations. Ever.<\/p>\n

Pillow Fight wishes will appear much less frequently.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hopefully they’ll fix this for sorority houses in the upcoming University add-on.<\/p>\n

The Heckle interaction is no longer available [to] Sims swimming in the ocean.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Great news for beach comedians.<\/p>\n

Ice sculptures from The Sims 3 Ambitions no longer melt in sub-freezing temperatures.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Physics, man.<\/p>\n

NPCs that throw parties in the winter will no longer select Swimwear as the suggested clothing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

EA disavows Kate Upton’s latest appearance in Sports Illustrated.<\/p>\n

The frequency of alien abductions has been lowered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

XCOM FTW!<\/p>\n

Hot Dog and Pie Eating contests can no longer ironically cause a Sim to starve to death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If there’s one thing better than a playfully inserted adverb, it’s correct use of the word “irony”.<\/p>\n

The frequency of umbrellas breaking has been lowered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As Warren Spector supposedly said, “Anytime reality gets in the way of fun, fun wins”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games"],"yoast_head":"\nSims 3 now with dry hecklers, sturdier umbrellas, fewer pillowfights - Quarter to Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/03\/01\/sims-3-now-with-dry-hecklers-sturdier-umbrellas-fewer-pillowfights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sims 3 now with dry hecklers, sturdier umbrellas, fewer pillowfights - 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