Hi! Welcome to Pleasant Sims!
My name is Cindy, and I love playing The Sims.
I’ve always loved gaming. I was given my first personal computer as a Christmas gift from my parents way back in 1997. I soon began playing every PC game I could get my hands on.
I started with the classics – Baldur’s Gate, Anno 1602 AD, Age of Empires – anything that would allow me to create or play a story. In the early 2000s, I moved on to games like RPG Maker and Roller Coaster Tycoon. I loved to build my own little worlds and make up my own adventures.
When I found The Sims series, I was hooked. There’s something so compelling about controlling the lives of these simulated pixel people. As I grew older, it was the ability to tell stories that kept me coming back to my favorite games.
Today, The Sims 2 remains one of my favorite games of all time, and I never tire of playing it. No other game compares in terms of creative control and storytelling ability. I will always be a story-teller at heart. I use games as a creative outlet, and I love sharing my creations with you!
Youtube & My Sims Career
I started my Youtube channel and this website in 2018. I initially started the channel as a companion to this blog. I love blogging and since The Sims is my biggest passion, I combined the two.
Much to my surprise, people really liked my Pleasantview Let’s Play series on Youtube and my channel started to grow. I currently have 93,000 subscribers on Youtube (and growing).
In June 2020, I quit my job to pursue Youtube as a full-time career. It’s been a fantastic journey. I’ve mad wonderful friends and learned so much about myself in the process. I took a long hiatus from my channel and The Sims community after losing my baby boy at 20 weeks due to preterm labor and separating from my husband. But I’m back to creating Sims content as of November 2023.
Personal Stuff
If you’re interested in me personally, here are some facts for you!
I’m 40 years old and I live in Arkansas with my two dogs – Bella and Mortimer. Yep, I named my dogs after The Goths. I’m dedicated.
I do have other hobbies besides The Sims. I love reading – mostly Fantasy novels. My favorite author is Robin Hobb and my favorite books are The Realm of the Elderlings series. I try to read every day unless I’m sick or on vacation.
I also love music. Going to live shows is one of my favorite things in the world. My favorite band is currently King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, but I enjoy a wide range of music from 80’s new wave to Appalachian folk to post-rock.
If I were a Sim, I would be a Pleasure Sim with a secondary Knowledge aspiration. My one true hobby would be Games.
PCOS & Wigs
I have spoken about my PCOS diagnosis publicly and my struggle with hair loss, infertility, and many other symptoms of this chronic illness. PCOS stands for polycystic ovarian syndrome. It’s a condition that causes higher than normal male hormones (androgens) in women, along with a whole host of other issues.
I used to wear wigs to hide my hair loss, but I don’t any longer. You can hear more about my struggle in this video. I am currently wearing wigs again due to my androgenic alopecia (pcos-related hair loss) that became worse over the years and started to impact my confidence and quality of life.
If you’re interested in my life outside The Sims, you can check out my vlogging channel and my personal website, Life Plus Cindy.
Thank you for stopping by!
Hi there, Cindy! i’m Dev. Not here to ask anything, but I just wanna say i love this blog. i discovered it awhile back looking for guides for some of these games, but never really had a chance to read the about section!
I just wanna say, as a younger person who also struggles from PCOS – it is so validating to know that you haven’t given up over the turmoil that comes with such a disorder. Makes me feel a lot less alone, and I am always so, so grateful for those like you who take time to educate and be open about such things. Awareness goes a long way. You are awesome! Please keep doing whatever you love, and i’ll try and pop by a stream or two when i can. Thanks a million for all the good stuff on here!
You have a wonderful day! 😀
Saw your latest 3 stream. Look great and makes me excited for the game again. The only 3 flaw is not having ppl at locations but you/Moderna fixed that. And it’s great seeing you look great through your journey as a fellow phunny minder haha.
I just spent my new years marathoning your sims 3 let’s play, can we please bring it back? I miss seeing someone play the sims to go through their lives not play through stages of some mini game on speed mode or build yet another house 3 bed house. Inspired to play again
Cindy, so glad you are back. Missed you but felt you probably needed some personal time. I love all the work you do with print out, game rules and how to. Though I am older than you (62) I have loved the sims 2 since they came out. I first started playing sims one but not long before 2 arrived. I own all of sims 3 and moist of sims 4 as well but was never really able to enjoy them. Sims 2 I would play every day for hours. Like you I love storytelling and I do really connect with my sims. I was never bored with sims 2, but sims three did not have the play style to real make me love it. Too hard to play in rounds and no way to take pictures and write a little big about what is going on like sims 2 has with the album. Sims 4 better in being able to play rounds, but still no place for me to tell my own story without going outside the game. It also would have me bored quickly. Lots of things in both 3 and 4 I like, but playability just was not there for my style.
Like you I am a Taurus and would say gaming it my thing. I was unable to play sims 2 for about 2 years after my computer died and I had to get a window 10. I grieved for them and was really depressed. I would wonder, what would this family or that be doing today. I did get into a couple survival games that I really like. Valheim is great and like sims 2 I never get tired of it. But finely this year got my sims 2 back up and running. Happy Dance. Well again looking forward to watching you again. I saw you started a new world using Bella Bend. I downloaded it and I like the idea of using the townies that moist of the time we try and keep away from. Should be fun. Hope to see more of that.
Oh my, Cindy. I didn’t know you went through that and my heart goes out to you. My son was born premature at 26 weeks and we almost lost him as well. We were very lucky that he made it and I’m so glad you’re doing better. I was sad that I didn’t get to watch new videos from you but I’m happy that you took the time you needed to heal. You’re really awesome. Btw, I’m also a Taurus. 😁
I’m so glad you’re back, seeming brighter, healthier, and happier than before 🙂 Thank you for all you’ve done!
I missed seeing your sim videos, it brings a big smile to my face with your wonderful help for sims 2 I am glad I followed along I owe you my blessed thank you and you are a great friend Cindy 😀
Hi Cindy. I hope you are doing good. I stop by periodically to see if you have posted anything. You are still in my prayers.
Hi, Cindy! I’ve been watching your videos and all of them are amazing and extremely helpful. I have some request for the next video can you help me with how to downloaded this mod, random pizza topping by simler90, here is the link: https://modthesims.info/d/656045/food-mods.html
I’ve been having trouble on figuring out how to make it work. Thankyou for the help and for considering this.
I’m sorry, I just realized somehow I forgot to say please. Please do help me, I’ll really appreciate it, thankyou.
Please and thankyou (I am sorryyy, I just realized after I posted it that I forgot to say please)
Hi, Cindy!!! As I write this I’m watching your review for Snowy Escape! Right now it’s a toss up between Snowy and Seasons. I picked up on your accent right away! 😁😁 I hope yuns are doing well & have a Happy New Year!! Bella & Mortimer are so cute!!! Greetings from Southeastern Appalachians!
Missing your videos and beautiful bright personality , I hope you’re doing well Cindy !
Hi Cindy I hope you are ok and I’m so sorry for the tragedy you have experienced I just pray to god that one day you can heal from this and we will all be here for you when you come back but there’s no need to rush take all the time you need. I’m a huge fan of yours and I’m looking forward for you to reply to me
Heya Cindy I’m a huge fan. I just binged your Sims Castaway Stories segments and had a great laugh. I just wanted to get on here and let you know that you’re frickin’ amazing. I found The Sims when i was in 9th grade. Never had a decent PC growing up but I was in Walmart and saw a Playstation 2 copy of a game called The Sims. I didn’t know anything about Sim City or Maxis at that point but the art caught me and I bit. I played The Sims nonstop for weeks until I got through Get a life Mode. Next thing I know Bustin’ Out is coming out than The Sims 2 and it was glorious. Now as a 35 year old life as we know takes up most of your time. I barely game anymore but about a year ago I came across some of your comparison videos and walkthroughs and I thought it was amazing to find someone that went as far back as I did and loved the series so much. Like a madman I started watching all of your content and i just wanted to thank you for reigniting my love for The Sims so many years from when I fell in love with them. I had to dust off my old PS2 put another disc drive in it and play on my days off. Now that I’ve got an awesome PC I even went back and got The Sims 3 with all expansions on steam and followed your guides to get it stable. I’ve tried Sims 4 but I’m not going headfirst into it with the way EA has been about it lately. Well enough of me blabbering. i just wanted to say Thank You for being awesome and being you. Me and The Missus can’t wait for more content 😉
Hi Cindy! I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately and I send all my love your way. I’ve been watching your Pleasantview Let’s Play and it has reignited my love for the Sims 2. I’ve been itching to start a Let’s Play myself. You truly feel like a friend to me and I love spending my afternoons watching your old videos. Feels like hanging with buddy 🙂 I’m excited for your return online if you ever choose to. Take your time, I’ll be there to watch whenever that is
Dear Cindy,
I have been watching your old streams and once again I’m amazed by your kind and cheerful personality. I truly wish you will get better somehow and return to spreading joy through your storytelling.
Thank you so much.
Hi Cindy!
First off, just want to say how much I love your YouTube channel, especially your Lets Plays. You’re awesome. 🙂
I’ve been doing some work on default replacements and custom content for my game recently, using your oh-so-helpful guide – I’m after some non-default eyebrows in the NHS, but the two links in your guide go to dead pages now. I haven’t had a reply from the blog owner about where I can find the posts either. I don’t suppose you know where else I can find non-default NHS-style eyebrows?
Thanks so much!
Hi Cindy
I never comment on anything online, but I’ve recently discovered your Youtube channel. I find your videos entertaining, but also comforting, and your thoughts to be really insightful! I usually get frustrated watching other Sims channels – it’s just a combination of play style and narration that doesn’t interest me, not anything personal. Although I do occasionally watch Juno Birch torture her legion of Joy Desperates.
I have fond memories of playing The Sims 1 and 2. My dad learned how to mod the Sims 1 for me so that I could have raccoons as pets haha.
Thank you for making videos 🙂
Hey Cindy!
I just randomly thought of rewatcing your TS2 LPs and decided to jump in to say that I hope you are doing well. I miss your streams and your positive attitude, your great sense of humor and the great energy you always gave off. I know what happened and I hope that you are further on the journey of forgiving yourself for what happened. You are truly, utterly missed! But I hope that life is treating you well and that it will bring nothing but happiness in your way.
Take care, and always stay this amazing <3
Hello Cindy,
I started watching your videos at the start of the pandemic and eventhough I played the Sims for many years you still taught me so much more about them! Thank you for all the content you created. I deeply miss having a new video to watch or blogpost to read from you, but understand your decision to take a break. I still hope you will come back to enjoy making content in the future. Lots of love and greetings from Germany!
Denise
Cindy, I miss you every single time I go on twitch/YouTube. I found your content in 2020 and you helped me get through the pandemic with laughter! I adore your content and vlogs because of how authentic and hilarious you are! I absolutely despise the hate you got because internet trolls like to take things out of context and smear your name. And we lost a great content creator because of it! You are amazing Cindy!!! You have done so much for the sims community, the pcos community and just someone like me! I hope you take all the time you need to prioritize your mental health, because that is whats most important!! But lord… I miss your streams/videos!! I know it’s a parasocial relationship, and if you never come back I will still respect you just the same! Just know you are loved by a lot of people and I hope life is treating you the way you deserve!! ❤️❤️❤️
Hello Cindy! I think in this such a difficult period of your life you want to hear warm words from your truly fans. I have been watching your channel for one year, and I just cant explain how much you have done to me. I’ve learned English, now it’s quite better and I feel it. I can process English speech in my head now. I have found a friend that always lightens my day with her creations. I just cant imagine someone like you who would get so deep into my heart. I know this message is a bit spontaneous but this is what I feel. Its not about the game. Its about the community and you are the main reason we are connected here. I hope you will come back… From Russia with love
Dear Cindy,
there is not a day thats passing by without thinking of you.
I hope your doing well and are safe. I truly wish the best for you from the bottom of my heart.
Please know that you are very loved and missed.
Lots of love for you!
Greetings,
Carrie <3
Hello Cindy!
I just wanted to say that you’re beyond missed and that I hope that you’ve been getting all the healing and relaxation that you need over these past few months. Even if you don’t check/reply to comments all that often, I just wanted to share this edited Pleasantview neighborhood with you since I’ve been rewatching your Twitch stream Pleasantview series on Youtube again, and I know that at the beginning with the clean template that Bella being an NPC was beyond annoying:
https://modthesims.info/d/666585/clean-pleasantview-without-bella-goth.html
It’s pretty much the clean template, but it does what the original should have done in the beginning by removing her! I hope that this might help in the future for any personal gameplay that you do in your free time, or if you eventually come back to us someday and do another Pleasantview series, it helps make things a little easier!
Have an amazing day, and thank you for changing the way I view and play the Sims. 🙂
Hi Cindy! I hope you’re doing great!
I’ve been a huge fan for many years and you were my inspiration to start making sims content on YT and Twitch.
I recently became Twitch affiliate and I’m super close to monetize my YT channel.
I just wanted to thank you for being such an inspiration, for all of your content and for everything you’ve shared with the community.
I really hope to see you again on YT and enjoy your streams one day (if you decide to come back). If not, I wish you all the best!
Lot’s of love from Chile,
Pekeniax.
Hi Cindy,
I have been enjoying your YouTube videos since the start of the pandemic. Since I was home (and now retired), I started playing Sims again. I played the Sims when it first came out (2000); but because of “life” happening, I put it down until recently. I love the way you explain things so clearly, offer so much helpful information, and do it all with such great humor. I don’t know why you haven’t been on YouTube–someone posted that you were taking a break. I hope all is well and your health is good. You continue to do what is best for you–just know that there are many of us that really care, support, and appreciate you.
Hey Cindy!
First time commenter, long time lurker here.
Your sims channel is the only Sims YouTube I haven’t ended up getting bored of. I think your personality on YT is charming, and I love your anecdotes alongside the commentary. Stay you!
I hope your break is serving you well, you didn’t deserve the toxicity you were delivered & I truly hope that the stress didn’t hurt your health.
Sending ‘maxmotives’ from the U.K.!
Just want to let you know that you’ve opened my eyes to a way more fun way to play Sims 2, and for that I’ll be eternally thankful.
I’m really sad to see what happened. I sincerely hope you will be able to heal and be able to come back on your own terms one day.
Hi Cindy! I’m currently trying to redownload TS1 on my laptop and It made me think of you. I hope you are well and happy! Thanks for all of the good times here in the community.
Hi Cindy! I’m sorry to hear what happened to you… I just thought to say that I’m the girl who always says I love to listen to you speaking on YouTube… I was binge watching your videos recently and hoping for you to post something new, wondering why you haven’t… so I decided to look up and found out what happened :/ I can’t express how sorry and saddened I am for this… my heart goes out to you entirely. I hope you are doing better now, and I hope you can recover completely from this. Remember, it is not your fault and you did not do anything wrong! Unfortunately the internet is a toxic place, specially when you’re on the spotlights…
Remember also that you are a lot bigger and a better person than those who did this to you. They sure aren’t happy themselves, so they have to ruin someone else’s life in order to feel a little better: and they still don’t.
I’m sending lots of love from Brazil and feel hugged, if you will. We all love and support you always!! <3 <3 and we miss you immensely.
I wish you well in all you do Cindy, You are more worthy of a Second Chance than most people i’ve ever met, I myself have the ability to say this definitively. if and when you decide to return, know that your faithful will still be here
Hi Cindy I found your channel through the YouTube algorithm and thank you for your content. The Sims four is my first Sims game because I was a SimCity player at heart and did not care for the Sims originally as a “spinoff” Because of your content I downloaded Sims three and I’m currently enjoying playing that. It’s way too overpriced on origin so I only have one expansion pack. Again thank you very much for your content and for opening my eyes to a game that I had previously excluded.
Cindy I hope you take some time to heal yourself and come back to us. I watch your videos over and over and I always learn something new that I missed the first time around. You are a sweet & beautiful woman.
Thank you!
you okay? you haven’t been making videos and streaming
cindy i miss your sims video
Hi Cindy,
I’m so sad to hear that you’re leaving YouTube! I want you to know that you’re amazing and, if it’s any consolation, you are very beloved in my family! Before my mom passed last month, she loved watching your videos with my sister and I. She thought you have a beautiful soul and I’m inclined to agree!
I laughed with you during your streams and cried with you when you talked about PCOS and infertility, as the subject hits very close to home. I’m so sorry that you’ve been put through the wringer—it truly breaks my heart. If you ever decide to come back to YouTube one day, you can bet that you’ll be welcomed back with open arms. Either way, you have my support! Keep your chin up!
Thank you so much Kari!