The Sims Social finally gets spooky in The Ultimate Horror Movie Week

Look, last week in The Sims Social was a little too ... inspired for some of us when it comes to item themes. Thankfully, Playfish has brought the true meaning of Halloween to the game in The Ultimate Horror Movie Week. This week, a slew of items hit the in-game that embody the spirit of Halloween: really gory, disgusting and generally spooky decorations.

Take the MSS Doll of Doom for instance--that thing might just be too creepy to purchase altogether. Frankly, decking your pad out in all of these items, including the numerous wallpapers and windows, might scare your friends away. But without further delay, let's take a look at how much it might cost you to spook up the place:

MSS Zombie Plan

    Costs: 300 Simoleons
    House Value: 300


MSS Loose Connection

    Costs: 10 SimCash
    House Value: 1,500


MSS Doll of Doom

    Costs:10 SimCash
    House Value: 1,500
    3 Fun; 3 Social


MSS Sink of Despair

    Costs: 350 Simoleons
    House Value: 250
    5 Hygiene


MSS Hand of Hazard

    Costs: 12 SimCash
    House Value: 1,750


Metal Trapdoor

    Costs: 375 Simoleons
    House Value: 250
    3 Fun; 3 Social


MSS Toilet of Relief

    Costs: 400 Simoleons
    House Value: 250
    9 Bladder; -1 Hygiene


MSS Stool of Havoc

    Costs: 200 Social Points
    House Value: 400


Wooden Trap Door

    Costs: 15 SimCash
    House Value: 2,200
    3 Fun; 3 Social


Necronomicon

    Costs: 15 SimCash
    House Value: 2,200


Side Table Prop

    Costs: 250 Social Points
    House Value: 550


MSS Chest of Horrors

    Costs: 19 SimCash
    House Value: 2,200
    3 Fun; 3 Social


Axe Prop

    Costs: 300 Social Points
    House Value: 650


MSS Experiments

    Costs: 300 Social Points
    House Value: 650
    3 Fun; 3 Social


MSS Mirror of Shame

    Costs: 600 Simoleons
    House Value: 450
    19 Social; 11 Sleep


Creepy Window Prop

    Costs: 600 Simoleons
    House Value: 450


MSS Doomsday Plans

    Costs: 350 Social Points
    House Value: 800


Hoojamaflip     Doll of Doom     Experiments     Haunted TV     Hand of Hazard
Small Table Prop

    Costs: 400 Social Points
    House Value: 900


MSS Door of Death

    Costs: 900 Simoleons
    House Value: 800


MSS Well of Fear

    Costs: 500 Social Points
    House Value: 1,150
    11 Social; -1 Bladder


Lab Barred Window

    Costs: 500 Social Points
    House Value: 1,150


MSS Shower of Chaos

    Costs: 500 Social Points
    House Value: 1,150
    7 Hygiene


MSS Radio of the Dead

    Costs: 35 SimCash
    House Value: 5,150
    3 Fun; 3 Social


Haunting Chair Prop

    Costs: 35 SimCash
    House Value: 5,150

Haunted items
Haunted Door Prop

    Costs: 1,200 Simoleons
    House Value: 1,250


MSS Desk of Evil

    Costs: 1,250 Simoleons
    House Value: 1,350


Haunting Sofa Prop

    Costs: 45 SimCash
    House Value: 6,650
    3 Sleep


Haunted TV

    Costs: 1,500 Simoleons
    House Value: 1,550
    7 Fun; 3 Social


MSS Lamp of Terror

    Costs: 1,500 Simoleons
    House Value: 1,550


Coffee Table Prop

    Costs: 750 Social Points
    House Value: 1,900


MSS Workbench

    Costs: 1,800 Simoleons
    House Value: 1,700
    3 Fun


Haunted Desk

    Costs: 2,500 Simoleons
    House Value: 2,000


Poltergeist Bed Prop

    Costs: 1,300 Social Points
    House Value: 3,850
    11 Sleep


Thingymajig

    Costs: 1,400 Social Points
    House Value: 100
    19 Fun


Haunted Wardrobe Prop

    Costs: 1,500
    House Value: 4,300


This week's set of items also includes an MSS Hoojamaflip decoration that's worth 3,050 House Value and 11 Sleep, but it requires players to complete the timed Ghost Town quests to unlock. Of course, the majority of the super cool items cost SimCash to acquire. But at least there are a number of items worth Social Points and Simoleons to at least give the feeling that you're house has been reclaimed by the Jigsaw Killer for whatever reason. Isn't that Halloween is all about anyway?

Check out the rest of our Halloween 2011 coverage right here >

[Image Credit: Playfish]

Which of these in-game items have you picked up in The Sims Social to ring in Halloween? What else are you doing this holiday to celebrate?

The Sims Social maker EA wants you ... to make it lots of ad money

And unfortunately, it doesn't sound like you'll have much of a choice. EA, co-creator of Playfish's The Sims Social on Facebook (and arch nemesis to Zynga at this point), has announced EA Legend.

This is the company's new platform to provide marketers and advertisers with "campaign and audience insights across mobile, social, online and console games reaching over 300 million people worldwide," a release reads.

In other words, you're more valuable to EA than you might already know. The publisher wants to use the information you provide them inadvertently through gameplay to rope in ad and marketing deals not just through its Facebook games but all of its games. More specifically, EA said it can provide advertisers with (prepare for buzzword overload):

    Key cross-platform campaign performance indicators such as impressions, clicks, unduplicated reach, demographic profiles, social media buzz, and ROI metrics.

    Segmented audience insights based on demographic, psychographic, and social data.

    Ability to drill down into the factors that impact campaign effectiveness including audience engagement, audience segmentation and type of creative all measured over time.

EA Legend
What's that again--psychographic data? This may all sound like something out of "1984," but it's nothing new. If you think other game creators don't do this type of stuff, then here's your wake-up call. We won't know exactly what information about us EA will provide to advertisers through Legend until it makes advertisers see green at this year's Advertising Week event in New York City on Oct. 4. And if EA keeps using words like psychographic, we may never know.

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What do you think about this new EA Legend program? Do you think it's something worth worrying about, or is this just business as usual? Sound off in the comments. 1 Comment