Homebrew Homicide

The game: The Sims (any)

The crime: Leaving your custom-made Sim to die a terrible death.

The setup: What's left to say, really? Ever since the first Sims game hit store shelves people have been finding new and increasingly disturbing ways to kill their pet people. Put one in a pool, take out the ladder and it'll drown. Fail to cure a disease for a few days and it'll wither away. Have one fix a TV in a puddle of water. Or just set the whole damn house on fire. That'll work too.

Favorite moment: Staring at the clouds long enough somehow makes a satellite fall from orbit and crush the Sim flat. Not the best way to go, but it's good viewing. Not our favorite moment: the poster's choice of music.

Brett Elston

A fomer Executive Editor at GamesRadar, Brett also contributed content to many other Future gaming publications including Nintendo Power, PC Gamer and Official Xbox Magazine. Brett has worked at Capcom in several senior roles, is an experienced podcaster, and now works as a Senior Manager of Content Communications at PlayStation SIE.