About a week ago, EA announced the next Sims 3 expansion pack, Ambitions, which apparently makes Sims playable while at work. I have to admit I'm excited - we've been asking for this since the beginning, and World Adventures turned out to be a really fantastic addition to the base game. But I'm skeptical.

Vacations work because neighborhood time stops while you travel. Stopping time to play a single sim at work seems impractical, but would multi-tasking be much better? Yes, because of the open neighborhood it's now possible to switch between sims when they're across town from each other, but it's still a pain. There's a difference between challenge and nuisance and I'm just not clever enough to figure out how EA intends on weaving the work day in smoothly.

On the bright side, the more actual gameplay there is, and the less waiting for non-playable tasks to end (visiting certain community lots, going to school and work, waiting for sims to wake up), the better it gets, even if it's a little rocky. I'm looking forward to it :)