Haha, I'll admit that I'm not that cruel of a Sim player. I used to be in the Sims 1, but with the Sims 2 and way more control over creating/playing Sims, I'm a nice Sim god. I even download hacks and play with aging so it takes forever for my Sims to get old, never mind die. Though some of my Sims are stupid enough that they'd off themselves if given the chance. (One came home from work, saw a fire, and ran into it.)
Perhaps my computer just hates how many pictures I take of my Sims. ;)
At any rate, I have my Windows 8 hard drive in my computer again, so I'm semi-back to normal. Still can't play the Sims 2, but I've lived without them for several months. I can handle it until I figure out how to solve this problem. Besides, this gives me plenty of time to play through Pokemon games so I actually can discuss things on this forum! Novel concept, isn't it?
And I realize that I rambled on about my Sims again without ever asking you how things are going for you. How rude.