i was browsing through the sims 2 site's news section (for the first time) and i read all the articles about the new expansion pack coming out in march: the sims 2 university. *_*;;;

want to read about it yourself? here are all the links for them:

nov. 22, 2004: Sims 2 to Expand: Sims 2 University in the Works!
nov. 22: 2004: Kevin Hogan Lectures About Sims 2 University
dec. 9, 2004: The Sims 2 University Design Team Chat Transcripts Are Live!

or if you hate reading really long articles and/or chat transcripts, i'll just summarize for you right here.

- each neighborhood will have a customizable university campus neighborhood associated with it.
- only "young adults" will be able to attend.
- the new "young adult" age will happen between teen and adult, but will only occur if they go to college. if they don't go to college they'll skip the young adult phase.
- greek society. -_-;;;
- new social interactions.
- new food (ramen noodles!).
- new clothes.
- new objects (to both buy and build).
- togas.
- young adults can woohoo, but not get pregnant. they can get engaged, but not get married.
- there will be four new careers that can only be attained by getting a degree.
- you can play pranks on each other.
- streaking non-playable characters.
- i think your roommates (or other people in your dorm) are NPCs too. o_o but there are ways to "control" them. i don't think kley will like that very much since she's so anal about controlling her sims that she turned off free will. o_o
- you can form bands and put on shows. *_*
- you can be more than friends with your profs. @_@ oh, the perks…
- and lots of the stuff (like new objects, for example) can be used anywhere in the game, so it's more than just a university expansion pack.

and there's lots more. i can't wait. *_* i'm so getting that…