The Sims 1, American™ Edition...

[@ambiguousamphibian]

Happy New Year humans - thought I'd start revisiting some cult classics again for this trip around the sun. Love you all lots XOXO -Ya boi AA

[@Fang....]

Okay

[@jasedxyz]

Okay​@@Fang....

[@koledickson4340]

Someone has seen Scrubs. :P

[@justdoit83388]

Love you too!

[@isacaaron]

Happy new year AA!!!

[@Spalfos]

The Sims 1 was _genuinely_ designed as commentary on sociology and economics, plus a study on language and architecture. The original manual even came with recommended reading on those subjects

[@Hebdomad7]

Oh the days when games came with thick manuals explaining how the game works with genuine depth.

[@ambiguousamphibian]

Yee Will Wright has some interesting stuff to say about designing it - I think LGR did something on it I'll have to go look it up

[@averett1495]

​@@chikkin.salad.sandwich or you can opt in some "gameplay" mods to really immerse yourself in Johnny Sins simulator.

[@WinterRaven25]

@@chikkin.salad.sandwich There's a modder I'd like you to look into. He calls himself Sacrificial. You should check out his website. Not only are his mods phenomenal, they are some of the most update resistant mods I've ever seen. You haven't played Sims 4 until you've played it with the Zombie Apocalypse mod.

[@yedoom]

It really was a great simulation of the hedonistic treadmill. Almost as good as real life :c

[@braddarkstar]

The richest man on earth isn't the man who has the most. It's the one who needs the least.

[@cinnamonnoir2487]

-Attributed to Simfucius

[@1marcelfilms]

some hobo: I NEED CRACK ONLY CRACK

[@anubjin]

@@1marcelfilms Being addicted to a substance makes you have more needs. An addiction is essentially another basic need like food. So, a crack addict has more needs.

[@jhinkadaj58]

'Was left with nothing' 31 IS RIGHT THERE

[@strogonoffcore]

HE FORGOT ABOUT THIRTY ONE

[@victorcash158]

@@strogonoffcore BOO THIS MAN!

[@dannyneumann4547]

Slagathor is perhaps the most divorced sim I have ever seen, really just off-the-charts divorced energy. Well done.

[@syncopatedglory]

man had divorced energy before he was married

[@embananasplit2935]

@@syncopatedglory he was a divorcee at birth

[@Thumpydolittle]

“Imagine.. being ostracised in your own hot tub” 😢💀

[@RFC3514]

Could be worse. I remember some British comedian saying that, when he was younger, he had a dream involving Sophia Loren where she rejected him. In _his own dream._

[@BahamutEx]

imagine owning land AND a hot tub :o

[@minoxiothethird]

Walter white moment

[@NeonNijahn]

Still... to have your own hot tub.

[@tomahawkgamesbr6045]

@@RFC3514 I had a dream like that once... 4 nights in a row, all different variations of the same dream

[@PopeBarley]

To explain the 31: 3 and 1 are hotkeys for the game speed. He must've been trying to control it when the text box popped up.

[@smellincoffee]

This is why most of my sims have novels named 3331111133131

[@Metzli]

As an experienced simmer, I can confirm

[@biotin456]

31 means masturbation in Turkish slang HMMMM

[@lgbtyler6791]

I do this often in ts2 for the same reason. I'm speeding through inventing, the name menu pops up and suddenly my robot is named "3"

[@kaixokkiten]

incredible dog name though

[@Skaatje]

Well this was depressingly realistic.

[@caseblue2232]

The American Dream™

[@gochadc]

And here i am, watching it before going to work on Monday.

[@shrain]

Yeah I’m always buying genie lamps to try to get people to love me but it has never worked out

[@flandersnatch2285]

​@@gochadc Congratulations, you are living the true human life 👌

[@goldenhate6649]

@@caseblue2232 ironically was a propaganda campaign by the housing administration to allow them to redline wartime vets of color out of their money. Thank you FDR.

[@hannahgeraghty4201]

"I ended the day by peeing my pants and falling asleep in the dirt" Reminds me of my college days

[@casassin]

Something about him having this sisyphean task of juuuust earning enough money to not die, but also still getting his dog his own bed amongst his very first belongings really melted my heart. He really said "Who needs windows, when my dog can cozy up in his own bed" and I respect that so much. :')

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

An astoundingly human decision.

[@eZU4nQsWN9pAGsU38aHj]

Imagine starting out OWNING land and 500$ to start with. DAMN.

[@amatheuslc]

Also some stock options. Slagathor's parents actually own a furniture shop downtown and decided to fund their son's rags to riches LARP to get him out of the house.

[@daveshif2514]

or getting a job without a masters degree in something completely useless

[@brainybunny13]

​@@daveshif2514and without debt for that masters.

[@shooby9496]

Some guys get all the luck

[@pepo_pipi]

let alone someone drop off in your land 500$ worth of stuff for free

[@cerberusthethird]

1:27 i love how the crummiest entry-level job you can get in this videogame from the year 2000 pays $20 an hour to be able to even entertain the concept of upward mobility

[@Starfloofle]

says a lot about society...

[@finnmcrae]

If you earned money at the same rate as real life, it would take you literally decades to buy a house, like in real life. This is just a game 🙈

[@RFC3514]

§, not $

[@erichobbs4042]

I did pre-release CQC (Customer Quality Control) testing for the Sims. For that effort EA paid me an astronomical 15 dollars an hour.

[@JukaDominator]

Apparently the game with the most realistic economy is The Sims 2.

[@amatheuslc]

"This was not a good job. It was a bad job. But I had to take it anyway or I would starve to death" Just like me. fr fr

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

I've never felt so seen

[@rustyhowe3907]

AA understands us.

[@kristoffer3000]

Capitalism goes brrr

[@ogge9296]

​@@kristoffer3000why cant people just give me free money 😭😭😭

[@vsGoliath96]

The Millennial Experience condensed into a single statement.

[@thomasfrewer1328]

"Any shower is an outdoor shower if you just don't have a house..." -AA 2024

[@arn1345]

Any toilet is an outdoor toilet if you don't have house.

[@fropepsi]

Im gonna steal his quote. This is perfect lmfao

[@larrywalsh9939]

If ambiguousamphibian didn't care about whether he picked one option or the other, would he be ambivalentamphibian?

[@ambiguousamphibian]

It alliterates so it's fair game

[@stephenwillis2751]

If ambiguousamphibian wrote left and right handed would he be ambidextrousamphibian?

[@larrywalsh9939]

@@stephenwillis2751 I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE THAT JOKE!!! Nicely done!

[@larrywalsh9939]

@@ambiguousamphibian I've always felt that if one is injured, but they don't care whether or not they go to the hospital, then they should be driven there in an Ambivalence.

[@QBrute_]

If ambiguousamphibian would only talk in the background would he be ambientamphibian?

[@keneor4468]

This might be a bit vain but I strongly relate to what Slagathor taught us. I was never particularly driven by money personnaly. I live in a small appartment, I have a small but good group of friends to talk to, I have a low paying job and yet... Life is good. I do not crave for anything further. Do I sometimes wonder if it would be better to have more space, or being in a relationship? Absolutely. But they are not a goal per se. If it happens it'll happen, else I can still enjoy my current, uneventful but unbothered life. Thanks AA

[@mercury5003]

The apartment is still a dream for me right now ;-;

[@AquariusScanner]

Being content with nothing means you have no aspirations. They aren't going to fall into your lap.

[@DamienDarkside]

​@@AquariusScannerYou don't have to have grand aspirations in life to be happy. The demand for constant climb upward is an artificial expectation placed on you. You can very much find satisfaction in climbing that "ladder", but many find satisfaction elsewhere.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

@@AquariusScanner and? You don't have to have aspirations or ambitions to be fulfilled. There's nothing wrong with just existing, if you have what you need and find that is enough for you.

[@roguerangerroger]

​@@AquariusScannerliterally being happy means having less attachments of worldly things

[@TheOG-GG]

@ 2:53 OMG! This is my favorite song from The Sims! Bosim Nova ^_~ I miss these days of Maxis, especially their early games. The MANUALS for all the Maxis games were huge encyclopedias with so much detail and recommended reading. I could get a doctorate with all the stuff I learned from Maxis manuals alone. XDD

[@Metzli]

I used to read the manuals of the Sims 2 back to back! :D A lot of the times I was forbidden to play, so I read the manuals instead, like a sad pathetic kid.. Maybe that's why I love playing games so much nowadays...

[@bluelogic8621]

AA is one of the best storytellers on the gaming side of KZbin, possibly the best - which is why he works so well with games that are great tools for storytelling, like The Sims or Rimworld. Very few could take a scenario featuring a man pissing on his own lawn and make it this engrossing.

[@Stiggandr1]

In pursuit of the American dream in a video game, He accidentally made the most realistic playthrough ever.

[@johntravis3242]

The man got promoted down the ladder. He went from special forces to drill instructor to JROTC.😂

[@rupexo]

AA and sims are the ultimate combo

[@AshleyTheNeko]

I forgot who I was watching and thought you meant Alcoholics Anonymous.

[@TheOG-GG]

@@AshleyTheNeko same XDD

[@droppedpasta]

In “A Canticle for Leibowitz” one of the characters muses that the richer mankind makes the world, the more impatient and angry we become, because subconsciously we know we can never recreate Eden

[@OrgusDin]

By no metric is that true and also the bible is 100% bullshit.

[@Starfloofle]

"Day by day, we live more and more in a world made *by* humans, but not *for* humans."

[@Nekolaws]

great book btw

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

4:10 a laughter of pure and absolute drea- I mean, happiness.

[@KIKAN_THE_RAT]

That laugh is perfect 😂😂😂

[@Luis-jl6oh]

On Sim 6, you'll rent everything

[@animavagor7878]

Even the desire to play the game in the first place...

[@MrLalabai]

This story sounds dangerously close to how some ppl act in real life

[@exosproudmamabear558]

I am abusive piece of shit that do not have any social skills to even get along with the only human being that accepted me into her life but what if we hada child to save the marriage? I am sure it will be okay. My uncle did this after their first children whom they didn't look after at all, my cousin grown by my grandparents, their marriage was falling apart since he was jobless for years. Both were abusive to their children, and his wife is the most annoying human I have ever met. She is lazy,screams all the time and thinks she is smart when she is dim af. They decided to make a second child to save the marriage and this stupid mf took fertility medicine because she couldnt get pregnant one year so she ended up with twins. Now they have three children ,an unhappy marriage and my uncle is still jobless so he decided to be a houseman.

[@kristoffer3000]

I believe that was exactly the point

[@embananasplit2935]

Especially the constant peeing their pants and crying

[@DukeOnkled]

I like how to even get started in the first place, it required free money just dropping into your lap.

[@neverrelax5754]

Just like real life

[@noname-gp6hk]

The music and aesthetic of this game immediately takes me to the happiest place. I can't even explain the good feelings I have thinking about the Sims 1, and I don't even think it's that good of a game. It just transports my mind to a place of sheer floating bliss, like a happier time which didn't even exist in the first place lmao.

[@nifferwolf]

Same. Nostalgic happiness just from the memories of the time when I played it more than the game itself.

[@TheReck12]

Tbh I feel that way about sims 2, simpler times

[@schaakakon9473]

Never thought someone named Slagathor Ambiguous I would feel so relatable too.

[@JustKevH]

Holy shit, what a story! What a rollercoaster! I feel so empty inside ...

[@davidguthriemusic]

dude, how did you just make a documentary in the Sims? It's wild how accurate the OG Sims is to the problems of the American dream; brilliant scripting here!

[@Trupen]

I'm sorry, but where are guns? It supposed to be American edition!

[@ConnanTheCivilized]

The Sims’ programers: divorce, pet death, burning to death in fires, and sending kids to abusive military schools are all fine, but Llama forbid we have guns in this game (even for soldiers and cops.)

[@Jordan.C]

There aren't enough guns and drowning in medical debt for this to be the American Edition.

[@brainybunny13]

Don't forget the crippling school debt for degrees that do absolutely nothing for you.

[@VegasMax3]

Pop up after work Day 1: “You noticed a sore throat growing worse as you worked, however, you can’t afford to take off work and even if you could, you can’t afford the deductible on your crappy health plan. You ignore it and hope it goes away on its own.” Day 2: “You feel increasingly worse and are running a fever. However you still must work. You take OTC medications and hope this is the worst of it.” Day 3 and beyond: “While barely keeping yourself conscious at work, you get up to use the bathroom and collapse onto the floor. A colleague calls an ambulance and you are rushed to the emergency room. You have a serious infection that requires IV antibiotics and a hospital stay of a week. You feel much better after, but then you see the bill. $80,000. You will never be able to pay it off even with financial assistance. You will likely be forced to declare bankruptcy, wiping out your attempt at building good credit. Furthermore, your boss is very unhappy that you were gone for a week. Any chance of a raise is now highly unlikely. You might even get fired because your employment is “at-will”. The good news is that the profits of the company you work for are up 20%. The executives received bonuses of at least a couple hundred thousand dollars each. Also a son of one of the executives, whose work is lackluster at best, received a promotion increasing his compensation by 30%. He also gets the same time off as the executives, an amount similar to what Europeans get by law.”

[@brandonmorel2658]

@@VegasMax3 This is capitalism at it's finest.

[@NeonNijahn]

Freedom isn't free... it costs a hefty fuckin' fee, in monthly installments automatically deducted from your bank account, whether you have enough money to buy groceries to not starve to death or not... don't worry though... you're *free* to starve to death on any street, subway car, landmark, or even on a lawn across from our nation's capital. Don't like freedom anymore? Well you can always join our exciting new for profit prison system where the thirteenth amendment cunningly established slavery bad, "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted."

[@Jordan.C]

@@brandonmorel2658 You mean FREEDOM at its finest? 🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅💥💥

[@JessWLStuart]

"Was it all in vain? YES!" AmbiguousAmphibian, 2024

[@mattparker9726]

3:58 Strangely similar to my own life. Art imitates life I suppose. Instead of the TV, I has Computer.

[@_Egitor]

Heh, that dog is basically called FastSlow, smashing!

[@infpdreams]

Wow, I've only ever heard of Slagathor as a girl's name!

[@jammin2575]

Dr Kelso is that you?

[@infpdreams]

@@jammin2575 Debbie is actually my name!

[@sleepyjoe333]

The Ambiguous Family (Russian: Господа Двусмысловы, romanized: Gospoda Dvoosmislovi; also translated as The Dvoosmislovi or A Family of Noblemen: The Gentlemen Dvoosmislov) is a novel by Ambiguous Amphibian, written in the course of five years, first published in 2024, and generally regarded as the author's magnum opus.

[@avengermkii7872]

Pissing your pants 2 minutes after being married. I love it

[@JohnnyBoyDNDcomic]

A nice return to roots with a sims video featuring philosophical quandaries 👍🏻

[@alwaysthesame98]

basically Gatsby if he was a sims character

[@zimluura]

OMG thanks for making this! Rough year so far. This was my first good laugh of 2024!

[@razzledazzle8424]

AA uploading a Sims 1 video and Kevin uploading a Sims 2 video close together? The world is full of joy once more.

[@blarfnugle5653]

Kevin?

[@CasualGamer11]

@@blarfnugle5653they probably mean CallMeKevin, who makes videos in the same genre as AA

[@gottron5521]

And Metzli too. We're being blessed with lots of quality Sims content!

[@razzledazzle8424]

@@CasualGamer11 Yes, CallMeKevin, my bad. 😅

[@kittiefloyd]

Crazy how fun this game is compared to Sims 4.

[@vaynesolidor4529]

Love seeing the bones of zomboid in early sims gameplay. theres something so satisfying about training our little virtual avatars

[@FestusOmega]

5:32 Eagle-eyes Ambiguous zooms in on the shift from 1337 simoleons to 1492 simoleons.

[@igoresque]

2:29 this is the second time I've seen this Diogenes painting in 10 minutes, and I refuse to believe it's a coincidence.

[@Regnbuesolv]

You have to be asleep on the sidewalk to believe it!

[@Floris_VI]

I really like the philosophical aspect of your videos man, please never abandon that❤

[@r3dp9]

The trick to happiness is finding a wife who doesn't mind joining you on the front lawn for a nap. It might not be easy to have love, happiness, and cash, but it is possible to get 2 out of 3.

[@Ultrue87]

The sims 1 really like trolling, and i get same outcome like 10:31 that i get demoted to reporter when become information overlord too, man this game is menaces

[@milgrau2233]

Real life is harder: the alarm would not be enough to stop burglars, and the objects would all get damaged when it rains

[@dirkdiggler1160]

I've loved your content for awhile now, this is the hardest I've laughed at one of your videos. Is the "whom I shall not call Kevin" rubbing? Your vocab and timing mixed with humorous "narration/Storytelling is a huge win in my book. Keep it up dude

[@CJ-wd2cv]

"unfortunately we had nothing in common, but she was very available" is a quote from my past relationships

[@Tactcat]

american psycho 2: the pursuit of happiness

[@feedonia]

ahaha, the child is outside, so as not to interfere with sleep))

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

I really would like to see you look at various ways to earn passive income in The Sims because of all of your Genie spamming and to determine what's the best non-Genie, non employed method to make money. Especially as it would have you finally play around with the magic kit for once.

[@akinamation]

5:48 Military career.. painting.. sounds like an origin story

[@pinkushatejar]

Slagathor Ambiguous looking startlingly like Dennis Rader makes his ambiguous nature far more threatening

[@strawberrylemonadelioness]

1:56, just that "Yuck" really sumerises his life

[@Jesus_Is_King_of_Kings7777]

This episode tickled my inner child. I love the way you played this character in this. I always wanted the cheat codes to have mass wealth just to live a overly ridiculous boujee lifestyle and here you were purposefully struggling and strategically hustling your way to the top with hilarious commentary and smart ideas on how to get your money up being stingy and frugle as a scrounge mcduck could possibly be. 😂😂 Great run! This made my day today.

[@RFC3514]

I was about to turn off my PC, piss myself and lie down on some grass when I noticed this video.

[@jj12343211]

I'd like to see a Sims 1 challenge where both parents work proper jobs and the main goal is to keep CPS away

[@Killianoso]

Your script writing is amazing man! I seriously learn a new English word thanks to you in each of your video's, especially this Sims ones hahahaha. So thanks for being you!

[@glainagopf]

I didn't expect this channel to teach me such a deep life lesson

[@samesjunderland]

This is perfect timing I just watched a bunch of the old Sims stuff !

[@Metzli]

Perfect timing indeed, I played Sims 1 for the 1st time the other day and now this was recommended to me xD

[@_NotSoBunnyBoy_]

11:46 I-is that a reference I detect? A reference to a certain video presentation by a man who wishes to be a captain and kill the reapers like a one Adrian Shepherd? A man who can be called a gamer?

[@scout9593]

I have a few goals for life that the sims taught me 1. Live to 30 2. 3. And that’s what they are

[@snakewithapen5489]

2. Never enter a neighbor's pool

[@wormwinner69]

your delivery on the name "Slagathor" absolutely killed me. another ambiguousamphibian banger video

[@c-puff]

00:35 yeah that was the point. No joke that was the mission statement of the first Sims. It's about how stupid the "keeping up with the Jones'" mentality is and how you end up buying expensive things that make your life worse because they break and make you miserable. This was stated by the lead designer of the game.

[@Jjjjk783]

That makes me happy to hear. Gonna be a great year for KZbin.

[@t3hSpAdEs]

I remember my youth, playing the sims and having male on male coitus

[@user-burner]

The two being very related activities, of course

[@ahnairb.rogers4370]

I advise everyone to watch the 3 vods that made this episode and come back and rewatch this. It really gives you some cool background as to how the storytelling came together.

[@jj12343211]

>constantly dirties himself >why won't anyone spend time in the hot tub with me?

[@rippah669]

Idk why but 31 is the funniest name possible for the dog

[@mortencbc]

Carving gnomes actually sounds pretty chill. Thanks for the laugh /wisdom!

[@bluebeka2458]

I like how every video of this guy have a philosophical meaning behind it.

[@oClucker]

I got to say your sims videos are by far the most entertaining.

[@drMINDdamage]

why is this video and your commentary so insanely entertaining

[@DextrHavenV]

The shame I felt at the realization that I remember what a Boflex looks/looked like.

[@user-cs6bg4zp5q]

"What is progress, if there is nobody to share it with?"

[@brothgurlegion4229]

Now this feels like a more classic Ambi. Loved it!

[@shizbang]

5:55 bob ross in this bit

[@Steamboatmywilly]

I’ve been watching you for years man. I’m glad to see your videos get millions of views. You deserve it. Keep up the good work!!

[@thepilotman5378]

Really felt that part about pissing and crying yourself to sleep

[@bes03c]

That BowFlex reference was a blast from the past that I needed to hear.

[@Pixelchus]

I love how this is peak social commentary and satire. You could just take the audio and you're describing what most people go through. Minus peeing on the lawn maybe.

[@Thejollydodger1]

Brilliant how you hid the story of Ron "The Hedgehog" Jeremy rise to fame beneath the shiny veneer of Sim 1. Kudos to you!

[@nifferwolf]

Dude, the music of the sims 1 was fire. Kinna want to install them again now. I've been playing sims 3 for about 10 years.

[@ivankobenko2145]

I like "No Dogs allowed" sign and literally dog walking around it

[@SpaceMissile]

no way! you named the sim the same as me! I never thought anybody else in the whole world would have share this curse of a name my parents bestowed upon me.

[@GivenFailure]

Finally the long awaited Citizen Kane 2: Machinima Edition

[@PirabeirabaBoy]

"Was it all worthless? Yes!" This is going to be on my epitaph

[@TheRamblingSoul]

3:10 "urine-scented and ready for more" lmao

[@sedrios]

Painting the outside wall of your house helps with boosting the room value when going to work

[@Ariesgoth]

1:55 ... I would taste the meat (yuck!) Of progress. 🤣🤣

[@Schizonibba]

you could've lived by just carving gnomes, the higher your skill the faster you make them, and the higher their value rises

[@uncolorr]

the plot twist when he quit the military job really had me surprised whoever wrote this script is a genius

[@haelowyn]

I love sims 1. I read about the inspiration behind the game annd will wright wanted to create a simulation about making houses with efficient fire escape routes because his own house caught fire. Every wonder why we had the "layout" score?

[@poisonblood696]

I can't believe I watched you play this game for 12 hours to sum it up in 12 minutes.

[@nei3-o5l]

Mom help the frog is making me think again