Every grandmother should have a hobby...
Category: Just Plain Silly...
Posted Friday, February 18, 2005 at 09:21 AM [GMT-6]

From today's Wall Street Journal...

Kamma Nielsen spends much of her time caring for her children and grandchildren. But lately, the 56-year-old has been devoting more energy to her favorite hobby: designing naked characters for The Sims, a popular computer game that lets players guide virtual people (a.k.a. Sims) through everyday life.

Ms. Nielsen is a minor celebrity in a subculture of game enthusiasts who are trying to overcome the G-rated boundaries of off-the-shelf games. Her R-rated Web site lets users download the "skins," or nude character designs, into their own desktop versions of the game.

"My husband thinks I'm silly, but he says it's nice I'm having fun," says Ms. Nielsen, who lives in Denmark with her husband and their three youngest children.

Well, of course. She's from Denmark. You know how those Scandinavians are.

This is an excerpt from an article detailing the latest trend in hacking: designing nude characters to replace the clothed ones in the original versions of popular video games. Some people are even spending their time designing unclothed versions of mythical creatures such as trolls, gargoyles and dwarves. I'm not sure that Gimli would approve.

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Her R-rated Web site lets users download the "skins," or nude character designs

OK, where's our link.......??

Posted by: Wallace-Midland, Texas at February 18, 2005 09:45 AM

You'll have to take that up with those unprofessional journalists at the WSJ. I, personally, would never write an article without providing the links, as a, um, professional courtesy.

Posted by: Eric at February 18, 2005 09:53 AM

Nude Gimli? Double EW.

Posted by: jen at February 18, 2005 10:02 AM

Jen, it might not be all that bad. As you recall, he enlightened us a bit in LOTR:ROTK when he talked about how difficult it was to tell guy dwarves from girl dwarves...even for dwarves! ;-)

But, I think I'm with you...some things are better left unpictured.

Posted by: Eric at February 18, 2005 10:08 AM

Wait a second...

Latest trend?

I know for sure nude "skins" have been around since at least Aug. 2000. A whole bunch of very talented people made them for Heavy Metal's FAKK 2. (yes, the picture's safe for work). It was a labor of love for fans of B-Movie queen Julie Strain who played the main character in the game.

(Yes, the picture of Julie is safe for work, too. The way she's dressed, you could introduce her to your mom without having a problem. Then again, your mom might wonder why you're hanging out with the '93 Pent-H0use Playmåte of the Year.)

Posted by: Mr. Freen at February 18, 2005 05:12 PM
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