Determining the accuracy of The Sims 2 as a model for life
Keywords:
Game, Biology, Gestational Period, Baby, Fetus, Sims, The Sims 2Abstract
In this paper The Sims 2 is reviewed as a life model since it is a game of life. The trimesters of pregnancy are considered, and gestational period is examined. This paper finds that The Sims 2 is characteristically accurate however when looking at gestational period it is not an accurate model for life. The paper explores life through comparing pregnancy. A human is pregnant for less than 1% of their life if they experience only one ideal gestational period. A sim is pregnant for more than 1% of their life. A sims pregnancy time period is proportionally closer to that of 21 months of pregnancy but still slightly longer.
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