> How do you approach ethnicity in your game?
I don't really care about ethnicities, but I do like to determine where my characters come from. There's a French-Israeli chick named Isabelle, a black guy named Steve, a Pakistani named Michael (not his birth name) and a muslim named Akeem Sameh Fayed.
> What personal/cultural ideals do you fell you impose on your Sims?
Maybe I stereotype a little too much when it comes to such matters as ethnicity, social class, or even sexual orientation, but the characters themselves all have pretty much the same values. I imagine the United Nations of Simania are much like our own world in that there is discrimination, violence and other hardships, but they're less prominent.
> Do your Sims closely reflect your personal ethnicity and cultural values in gameplay?
Yeah, I don't discriminate. I don't care if you're black or white, muslim or atheist, straight or gay. As long as people have the right intentions, I can't treat them any differently to others. And that extends to my characters.
> How do you identify your Sims in regards to sexuality and gender?
Like with everything else, I decide who they'll be attracted to before I even create them. LGB Sims make up 23% of my Sim population, so they're a little overrepresented, but I don't mind. My "main" Sim is a lesbian, and she's not particularly "butch" or "femme" in how she looks or dresses. Her behaviour is fairly masculine, but she can also be quite charming, courteous and elegant.
> Do most of your Sims or your main Sim reflect your sexual identity?
I don't really care. Again, sexual orientation bears very little weight in my view. I wouldn't just make my self-Sim gay per sé, since I'm not, but I don't mind my Sims engaging in same-sex romances if that fits their character. Some of them just can't be gay, that's not them. Others aren't exactly sure; there's Lorelei, for example. She's bi but kind of prefers women. She never really settles throughout the story, she's kind of noncommital in that regard. Holly married a woman and loves her madly but prefers men overall.
Though I am somewhat biased toward lesbian Sims since...well, I like women. That makes more sense for me. I wouldn't just play a Sim that's attracted to men, I can't identify as well with that.
> In same gender couples, do you place masculine and feminine roles on them?
I try not to, but you'll always end up seeing a little difference.
> Do you incorporate religion/spirituality into your gameplay?
I'm an atheist, but I'm open to religion if religion is open to me. I have a bunch of (ethnically) Jewish Sims and also a Muslim, but they're not very devout. That said, the Muslim lives by Muslim values and while I don't necessarily agree with that, I feel it's realistic to have these differences in my game. It's not like you'll end up agreeing with everyone in real life, either.
> Do you view yourself as a God or eternal being among your Sims?
In some jocular fashion, I suppose. Most of them are atheists, but they believe in me as some sort of god that's not really a god. I'd be more of a regular human being with god-like powers that personally interacts and socializes with his followers. Oh, and they like to call me rude things a lot. Plum plum plummety plum, Pi's such a piece of useless plum plumming plum.
