Are you ready to go back to the year 2000?
Combining storytelling and commentary, this podcast returns to some of the noughties’ biggest cultural moments, trends and figures, and explores them with the added benefit of twenty years’ hindsight.
The world of entertainment is re-examined by hosts Simran Hans and Tara Joshi, two self-proclaimed fangirls who grew up on the internet. Film critic, Simran, and music critic, Tara, explore how it feels to return to the defining songs, shows and sleepover movies of their childhoods, and what they tell us about pop culture today. Special guests will be joining the hosts each month.
Join us on a journey into the new millennium, a period of change and optimism, examining the surprising, funny and poignant parallels between then and now.
Launching 6 October 2020 – new episodes available every Tuesday.
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Are you ready to go back to the year 2000?
Combining storytelling and commentary, this podcast returns to some of the noughties’ biggest cultural moments, trends and figures, and explores them with the added benefit of twenty years’ hindsight.
The world of entertainment is re-examined by hosts Simran Hans and Tara Joshi, two self-proclaimed fangirls who grew up on the internet. Film critic, Simran, and music critic, Tara, explore how it feels to return to the defining songs, shows and sleepover movies of their childhoods, and what they tell us about pop culture today. Special guests will be joining the hosts each month.
Join us on a journey into the new millennium, a period of change and optimism, examining the surprising, funny and poignant parallels between then and now.
Launching 6 October 2020 – new episodes available every Tuesday.
The Sims: The enduring appeal of the second life simulator
Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast
47 minutes
5 years ago
The Sims: The enduring appeal of the second life simulator
Twenty years after it first launched, The Sims is still going strong. Much more than a nostalgic relic of the noughties, the game has a thriving community of fans. In this episode, Tara, a longtime player of the game, explains it’s enduring appeal to Simran — a self-identified Sims noob.
We get into the tensions of escapism and introspection within the game and talk about the challenges of reflecting the ‘real world’ in a simulation. We’ll also ask: is The Sims “a beguiling capitalist fantasy” or can a more meaningful commentary on consumerism be found amongst the hypnotic tones of the ‘buy mode’ music?
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Clips used in this episode:
The Sims 1- House Fire
Sims 1: Craziest Party Ever…
The Sims 1: The Tragic Clown
The Sims 1 - All Places to "Play with" (Woohoo)
Lily Allen - Smile (Simlish)
The Sims Soundtrack: Build Mode 1
References:
The Nod, Autumn
Playing The Sims Is Better Meditation than Meditation, GQ
I Think About My Painting Goblin in The Sims a Lot, The Cut
My land of make believe: life after The Sims, The Guardian ,Liv Siddal
Will Wright - New Yorker profile
The Sims at 20: two decades of life, love and reorganising the kitchen, The Guardian
Playing "The Sims"as though you were Kurt Cobain, Miguel Sicart
Inside the online communities making beautiful black Sims, Dazed
The Untold Story of 'The Sims,' Your First Favorite Jazz Record, VICE
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Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast
Are you ready to go back to the year 2000?
Combining storytelling and commentary, this podcast returns to some of the noughties’ biggest cultural moments, trends and figures, and explores them with the added benefit of twenty years’ hindsight.
The world of entertainment is re-examined by hosts Simran Hans and Tara Joshi, two self-proclaimed fangirls who grew up on the internet. Film critic, Simran, and music critic, Tara, explore how it feels to return to the defining songs, shows and sleepover movies of their childhoods, and what they tell us about pop culture today. Special guests will be joining the hosts each month.
Join us on a journey into the new millennium, a period of change and optimism, examining the surprising, funny and poignant parallels between then and now.
Launching 6 October 2020 – new episodes available every Tuesday.
