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Screen Play: Children’s character customization in The Sims 2 & Little Big Planet
by Nicola PallittPhD student
Centre for Film and Media Studies
email: [email protected]: @nicolapallitt
blog: http://nicolapallitt.wordpress.com/
The Sims 2• The Sims 2 is the sequel to The Sims. • Strategic life simulation game. • Although players can also build houses for their Sims or play with default
characters or Sims families in the game, I will be focusing on how children play with the ‘Create a Sim’ feature.
Little Big Planet• 3rd-person perspective, action PlayStation 3 platform game. • Generic avatar is a sack person, referred to as Sackboy or Sackgirl. • Skin and attire are changeable, and new costumes can be collected as players progress through various levels.
The Sims 2 and Little Big Planet
Little Big Planet:Making Heidi look pretty
Little Big Planet:A vampire wedding and a skateboard honeymoon
The Sims 2From ‘George of the Jungle’ to speedos and g-strings
The Sims 2No Avril, ‘gangsta’ or tarty clothes
ConclusionsThank you
