Great Idea #15: Sims Orthodox

The Sims games are brilliant. They allow you test your life skills without actually having to live it. You can see if you can look after a pet without actually having to have a pet. You can have a go at starting a business without the expense and stress of actually starting a business in real life. Basically, you can have a go at living a life with certain constraints without actually having to put up with those constraints in real life.

One set of constraints that the Sims have not yet covered are orthodox religions. If there was a "Sims Orthodox" game, you could see what it was like to try and hold down a job as an orthodox Muslim, praying five times a day. You could try living as an orthodox Jew, keeping a kosher kitchen and using no electricity once a week. You could live as an orthodox Hindu (is that the right expression?) in a Hindu neighbourhood and have cows roaming freely through the streets.

The game could have a calendar incorporated in it, and you would be required to celebrate all the festivals as they came up. If you miss a festival, or don't keep to the rules of your religion, then you lose points.