.. Jazzy Cherry ..

In the episode “Steven’s Lion”, Steven was sweating and crawling all over the ground, presumably leaving his sweat to soak into the sand as he did so. Seconds later we hear Lion’s roar for the first time. Now, we know for a fact that Lion lived in this desert 100+ years ago, so his corpse would probably be buried there beneath the sand by the time of the show’s events. If we assume that it was still there during the events of the episode (i.e. that he hadn’t previously been resurrected), then it would be reasonable to assume that Steven’s sweat might reach and resurrect him.

And then Lion, seeing Steven’s gem (since he did lift up his shirt to wipe the sweat away), and seeing him in the same location his mother frequently visited, picked up on the fact that this boy was related to Rose in some way, and so started following him. He also collected things from Pink Diamond’s old ship in his mane so he could bring them back to him, which why only the ‘Steven’ tape ended up being in there, despite the fact that Rose didn’t know if he was going to be named Steven or Nora. This is also why Rose never mentioned Lion to Pearl, she literally never knew him as anything more than a normal Lion she hung out with for a few years at most.

My Pearl,

Miss Honey’s Cottage

Another lot created for the April CAS Challenge - this one for the honeysuckle prompt, inspired by Miss Honey’s cottage in Matilda. It’s a teeny house with a lot of stuff crammed in but it’s been play-tested so everything should be functional.

Packs used: Get Together, City Living, Vampires, Backyard Stuff, Movie Hangout, Outdoor Retreat, Parenthood, Dine Out, Get to Work, Cool Kitchen, Romantic Garden.

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Cottage Garden Stuff for Sims 4

A collaboration between @applezingsims, @coreopsims, @deetron-sims, @femmeonamissionsims, @javabeandreams, @litttlecakes, @magnolianfarewell, @mamalovesnuts, @mlyssimblr, @nolan-sims, @pickypikachu, @shespeakssimlish, @simlaughlove, @teanmoon, & @zx-ta.

We are happy and proud to finally share this new pack - a project over 3 months in the making - with our fellow simmers! With 171 items, this fan-made stuff pack is bursting with new content perfectly tailored to complement your cozy cottage with a touch of rustic charm! All items shown above are either EA or in the pack, so download and enjoy!

* Only a fraction of the content is pictured, check out the index below for everything else! *

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BMTH 2015: So, you can drag me through hell If it meant I could hold your hand I will follow you, ‘cause I’m under your spell And you can throw me to the flames

Sure thing. As a preface, there are a couple of major strands of point-and-click adventure games: those where the puzzles mostly involve obtaining important objects and using them in appropriate contexts, and those where the puzzles are mostly abstract math and logic problems that don’t necessarily correspond to anything that really exists in the game-world. The 7th Guest is of the latter type, so in case your wife has a preference I’m going to indicate which sort of puzzle predominates for each entry – “inventory puzzles” for the former, and “logic puzzles” for the latter.

The Eyes of Ara - I’ll start us off with something that’s very close to The 7th Guest as far as gameplay goes. Thematically and storywise it’s admittedly a lot closer to Myst and its various imitators, but it has quite a bit of that gothic aesthetic going for it, if that’s your wife’s preference. As you’d expect, it’s a pure logic puzzler.

Lumino City - This one changes up the FMV puzzler genre with beautiful cardboard dioramas rather than realistic environments. Probably the most intensely tactile logic puzzler I’ve ever played. Don’t be afraid to consult a guide; the game prioritises stylish presentation to the extent that it’s occasionally unclear what it expects you to do!

Please, Don’t Touch Anything - I’m throwing this one in mostly for interest’s sake: it’s a single-room logic puzzler with no defined victory conditions. You just mess around with a mysterious control panel to see what happens. There’s an achievement for finding all 25 endings, if your wife is the goal-oriented sort.

NAIRI: The Tower of Shirin - A super-cute hand drawn puzzler whose story goes to more serious places than you’d expect given its visual aesthetics. Unusual in that the types of puzzles it focuses on shifts over the course of play; it starts out as a nearly pure inventory puzzler, while the final area is a relentless barrage of very tricky logic puzzles.

Oxenfree - Mostly a choice-based walking simulator with a few logic puzzles thrown in. I’m including this one in case your wife enjoyed The 7th Guest for its meta brainfuck elements – this one has that in spades! Not strictly point-and-click, as it was designed for gamepads; the keyboard-and-mouse controls are awkward but serviceable.

The Room - This one’s a clear choice for a 7th Guest fan because it’s basically a spiritual sequel to it. It’s the first game in a series, but it doesn’t really matter where you jump in – each entry stands alone very well. As its antecedents suggest, it’s mostly logic puzzles, with its inventory elements rarely rising above “find the key to this door”.

Rusty Lake: Roots - A good mix of inventory and logic puzzles, leaning toward the latter. Don’t expect the story to make a whole lot of sense; the Rusty Lake series has buckets of backstory, and while Roots is probably the most accessible of the lot in its gameplay, its plot is indecipherable without context. Fair warning: lots of body horror.

Technobabylon - You knew I was going to throw in at least one conspicuously retro game, and this is that game. Another mix of logic and inventory puzzles, with the former being exceptionally well-integrated into the game’s environments; you’ll almost forget to ask why on Earth someone would hide a message in the genetic code of alien plants!

The Witness - Don’t let its FPS-like appearance fool you; its puzzles have no real-time elements and can be completed with the mouse only, though they keyboard is required to move about between puzzles. A logic puzzler making no pretense that its puzzles aren’t purely abstract, and very difficult in its later areas.

I’m also going to throw in a plug for The Talos Principle, which is a wonderful entry into the logic-puzzler genre, but I’m not including it on the main list because it’s even more FPS-like than The Witness, and includes some tricky real-time platforming that puts it firmly outside the point-and-click puzzle arena.