Also Tom: I’m suprised there hasn’t been some kind of PCG Sim-cast after the success of the Spore one – surely PCG readers would love to share their creations with each other? (Although again, can’t physically check how that would be possible, if it is.)

My launcher seems to get a different news feed to that, but others say it shows up in theirs. I think it’s maybe only the US players that are being presented with the link when they load up the game.

That link is where most of my traffic is coming from, but it goes to the first post of the story, skipping the intro, which has led to a few confused comments from people who don’t quite understand what they’re reading.

My favourite coverage, however, has been from the lovely Tom Chick, who was one of the people who encouraged me to put it onto a blog in the first place: http://fidgit.com/archives/2009/06/humanism_pathos_and_sims_wetti.php

Put it back, dicks!

http://www.ymca.int/

http://www.ymca.org.uk

But anyway yeah, they’re fine people to have in a crisis.

*actually dependent on which local YMCA you’re at, since each one is a seperately registered charity and has a slightly different remit – some being super big on homelessness, others shithot on gyms, and so on.

A couple of things on my blog got into the Sunday papers w/o newspaper coverage so this’ll surely get a mention in the Sunday Papers this weekend. The Felicia Day link is a big win also. it’s a great idea presented really well, and it deserves the attention, as it is excellent.

‘Fraid as a UK fella I don’t have any US homeless charities to suggest but kudos for reaching out to those charitable organisations. The best thing about the blog is that slightly melancholic angle, as Tom meniotned, it is funny, but there’s something genuinely touching about their plight.

Keep up the great work :)

This blog is turning into a full time job now. I spent all afternoon answering interview questions for a canadian journalist, and two hours ago it got tweeted by Felicia Day and consequently exploded in popularity.

I’m trying to set up a page of links to homeless charities while the site is still popular. Anybody have any suggestions for inclusion? Particularly in need of something on the US side.

Was it the same as their online article? http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2009/06/alice-and-kev-homeless-in-the-sims.html

If you could manage to get a scan, that would be great.

I did a similar thing to this when I started playing, I wanted to see if I could create a truly homeless character by never living in my own place. The NPC’s really seem to take pity on you, I’ve been found rummaging in peoples bins or fishing in their ponds only to be invited inside, where upon I would knock up anyone I could and steal anything available to my grubby mitts. Yeah, I created a truly self-centered character, so much so I started to hate him myself.

This is an inspired idea, and it’s written really well! I love the bite-sized post length and excellent screens. Proper excellent web writing, sir, and I shall say so closer to the source in a minute.

I’d been doing this as forum posts at Quarter to Three over the weekend, but people had been emailing me asking that I put it somewhere easier to link to.

Rabdsquirlz: I gave their home lot a couple of park benches, and then filled it with brambles and bushes like an overground abandoned park.