Well, huh...

...seems like Pescado is still a genius, because if I'm reading this description of his mod correctly, he actually figured out a way to address the number one biggest problem I'd have with the game:

1. TS2-Style Aging [Optional - Default: Disabled]
Allows you to have sims age TS2-style, with only the active household.
Not enabled by default.

Which still isn't 100% ideal, but I'd far rather have that then the default way. (Ideal would be household-by-household option.) And considering he went from "Modding will be a pain" to "Oh, here, have a mod that, among other things, fixes some of the bugs in the game and addresses the biggest annoyances people have turned up" in, um, a week, I wouldn't be surprised if he figures out how to handle that at some point anyhow. And on top of that, the mod allows you to turn most of the options on/off (hopefully all of them at some point).

So, I may end up picking up the game at some point after all. You know... after I someday get another doctor appointment or two and reinstall Sims 2 and start making progress there again and all that...

I'm cooking da ribs in da oven

Which isn't the point of the post, but since I don't want to nap while the oven is on, I thought I'd take a bit of time to give my impressions of other people's reports of the Sims 3. I actually already posted some of this in a comment to an LJ post but I've since read and seen more and figured I'd do a bit more complete post with like, categories and more words. A lot more words.

To be clear, yes, this is based entirely on other people's reports and screens, but that's what word of mouth is, and so far, word of mouth isn't making me any more likely to go out and get the game anytime soon.