Screen Play: Children’s character customization in The Sims 2 & Little Big Planet

by Nicola PallittPhD student

Centre for Film and Media Studies

email: mz.pallitt@gmail.comtwitter: @nicolapallitt

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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