Thursday, July 2, 2009

Pleasantview Season Three

Season three of my Pleasantview soap opera has finally started with the release of 3.1 'Family Ties' now available for viewing.



I am going to talk about the episode a little now, so if you don't want to read any spoilers come back to my blog after you've seen it. In this epsiode we see that Mortimer has sent Alex away to boarding school as a way of hopefully solving the 'delusions' he is under about his mother being alive and well somewhere in Pleasantview. Obviously Dina was very happy about the decision and reassures Mortimer that it was the right thing to do. We also see Dina embark on her new business venture with Macolm Landgraab IV. But will Dina's surprise pregnancy put a stop to the club's success? Obviously her main worry is the unborn child's paternity - Mortimer is not necessarily the father, both Don and Dion are possibilities (see 'Dina & Mortimer's Honeymoon - A Story' to find out more). Cassandra, on the other hand, is quite bright and cheery in this episode. She has moved into her new apartment, and is finally living away from her new step-mother. The apartment's state of disrepair is not a problem for Cassandra, she is actually looking forward to the challenge of renovating it to her liking. You will see the apartment remodeled in future ep's. I know that many people will like the furniture and decorative items in Cassandra's apartment - these were largely made by Adele. If you are interested in her stuff you can find it at mod the sims here.

It's good to finally release Season three. I've had many messages and emails asking about it. This is going to be a very long season though - 12 episodes in total! I just couldn't reduce the story into fewer episodes, so it'll be a long winter in Pleasantview. I have only written 4 seasons for the series, and then it is supposed to finish for good. But I am toying with the idea of writing another 'year', as it is a lot of fun with these characters.

I have also been playing around a fair bit with the sims 3. I am considering a series based on Sunset Valley, but I have to say that the story there is not anywhere as interesting as the story found in the sims 2. It's also very difficult to produce any quality machinima with it at the moment, due to the lack of hacks avaliable. But I might produce a little something just for fun very soon ;)

Finally a quick word on Nostonia. I have started the final episode, thanks again to everyone for voting on my poll - it was very interesting to watch. I will take my time making this episode though as I want it to be my best work yet. But you can expect its release within the next month.

Phew! A long post this time. Well that's it for now - let me know what you think about the start of Season three. Thanks for watching!

9 comments:

  1. Hi Thanks for making Pleasantview Season Three.
    I loved your version of Pleasantview i always play that neighborhood, your right it has so much interesting background story to work with. I didn't know you had a blog so that means i didn't know about the Honeymoon story i just read it and it was great. You're an awesome story teller. Season Three started out nicely i can't wait to see what's in store for Dina and Morty. My question is will you bring Bella back this season? It probably be soon i hope. Anyway loved the episode can't wait for the next!

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  2. Hi Cherry, thanks for your compliment! I really enjoy the story they made for us in the Pleasantview neighbourhood, it's a pity they didn't create an interesting story in the sims 3. There is a little bit of a story there, but not much. Now about Bella, I can't reveal when or if I'll be bringing Bella back as I don't want to give anything away. At the moment we know that Alex is the only one who saw her at the wedding. But we don't know if she was truly there or just a figment of his imagination. Sorry can't give it away yet ;)

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  3. I LOVE Pleasantview!!! When is the next eposide coming out :]

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  4. I hope we return to the Pleasants house in the series Mary-Sue os bound to catch Daniel with Nina or Kaylynn. I also hope we return to the Brokes house it must be hard for Brandi with the new baby, Beau, and Dustin's crimminal career which I definetly hope John Burb catches Gordon King and Dustin

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  5. Thanks for the comments! I can reveal the houses we will see in the next episode if you like. We visit Don's house, the Dreamer's and the Broke's. We also go to a community location Downtown.

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  6. U R an Excellent Writer, Ur so creative. I just love Pleasantview because ypu bring life to it. i hope pleasantview 3.2 comes out real soon cuz i think sims 3 suxz

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  7. Excellant series Why does it take a long time to upload episodes? (Just wondering)

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  8. Thanks again for the comments. To answer the above question, the reason why it takes me so long to make and upload my vids is because I have a very busy life - with work, family and social commitments (not to mention gardening, housework, and other interests I have (reading especially) - so I have to squeeze in this hobby around all of those things. So that's why I take so long. There's a person on youtube who thinks I "don't have a life", and he/she must think all I do is make these videos, which actually wouldn't bother me ... for a while. Their comments are making me laugh, I wish I wasn't so busy! Then I would make more videos lol!

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  9. I saw Pleasantview 3.1 and that was beyond great my sister agrees. did you make Kennedy Cox, Marissa Bendett, and Meadow Thayer playable characters and then put them in the story? Oh and I hope you don't mind if I ask another question but where did you download the hospital equipment?

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