Check out the ways you can design your Sims before making them miserable

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Two (proper) installments of The Sims with countless expansion packs and these things still creep the hell out of me.

This video is doing nothing to change that assessment as we watch Sims change body shape, features and clothes and dance just enough out of unison to suggest that they're all individual despite carrying out exactly the same motions. The options look pretty varied, though, and I dig the architectural designs they're showing off here.

The series in general has always mystified me. I think the allure lies somewhere between the desire for humans to play God and a tendency towards voyeurism. Well, that and boxing Sims into a room with a window looking at a toilet with no way to reach sweet relief for their swollen colon.

Sims 3 releases on February 20th. Have you guys come up with any new, inventive way to torment them that you'd like to try?