Tag Archives: The Simpsons Tapped Out

Using A Screen Recorder to Capture Your Town

Posted on January 21, 2025 by | 10 comments

So, yes…the panic is starting to settle in. We are down to the final, final days of being able to access our towns.

I already laid out a couple of “graphic/screen capture” ways to save the basic town. But there is a way to do a video recording of your town, that captures the movement, sounds, and music for posterity. And let’s face it…without the sounds and animations…it’s just a picture.

As a couple of members (thanks Charles and Sandra) have pointed out, if you are using an iPad/iPhone, there is a simple onboard tool to do your screen grab… Here’s the link to the How To!

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102653

If you want to use “RecordIt” – Follow Along…
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Three Ways To Archive Your Town…Before You Can’t!

Posted on January 19, 2025 by | 19 comments


In the late 90s, I wrote a book about my Dad’s upbringing in the small, port town of St. Helen’s, Oregon. As research, we did a couple of driving tours through “modern” St. Helens, with a tape recorder running, as he regaled me with loads of stories I had never heard before. There was something about that one-on-one time, with every turn along the roads unlocking a new memory, that was beyond special.

When he passed in 2012, I remembered that I had kept the tapes from that day, and after buying a used cassette player that I could hook up to my studio console and computer interface, I transferred them all to digital, and later shared them with the entire family. After all of this time, I still listen a couple of times a year, when I just want to hear his voice, as well as the love that comes through our mutual banter.

Knowing that TSTO is going to “die” on the 24th…the need/urge/panic to capture my town, which has given me so much pleasure through a very insane part of my life, is now “Job Number One” for the time we have remaining.

Here are three ways you can do the same.

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Addicts Open Thread

Posted on January 19, 2025 by | 8 comments

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

It’s that time of the week again, time for the Addicts Weekly Open Thread!  So, let’s get the conversation going!  Oh and remember…just because this is posted here today doesn’t mean you can’t comment on it all week long.  This open thread will still be open for comments long after today is over!

Here’s where you can talk about anything you want to talk about…TSTO Related, Simpson’s Related or ANYTHING.  Just no Add me requests…those should go here.  We’ll give you a few suggestions (like most Sunday’s you can talk about the current episode of the Simpsons or current Tapped Out event) but for the most part, you’re free to talk about ANYTHING your little Tapping Fingers desire…just keep it PG.

So, here is your Open Thread…..

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Friday Filler Redux: – How TSTO Changed My Life

Posted on January 17, 2025 by | 22 comments

It’s said by some, that we live our lives in decades. This may come about from the fact that humans have ten fingers, and remembering facts about our history is difficult beyond the second pinkie.

However, others believe that our lives are lived in patterns of 7. Which may have come about while an older person, trying to recount the past decade, while holding a hot cup of coffee and their phone, realized it is almost impossible to get beyond 7 without spilling the coffee or dropping the phone, or dropping the phone into the coffee.

But, as it pertains to my history with The Simpsons Tapped Out (hereafter referred to as TSTO because I don’t want to keep typing out the full name of the game, while drinking coffee and holding my phone), I will be using a mathematic reference of number of 8 years. Why? Because the TSTO characters have 8 fingers, and the game, and my life in association to it, ran in patterns of 8…and a half (which makes sense if you start the second pattern of 8, and stopped it abruptly in the middle).

Live with it. It’s how we’re gonna do this.

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Episode 100: The Final 12 Days of TSTO Have Started! Showing Off YOUR Towns

Posted on January 12, 2025 by | 23 comments

Back at it in the final 2 weeks of TSTO! Join Alissa, Safi, and Cranky Old Guy as we stat to take a look at YOUR Springfields! We’re showing off your towns, riding your monorails, and taking a look at how creative YOU are!

We’ve got a lot of towns to get through, so please be patient with us! In this video we take a look at towns from:
Alunited1234
Andrewdbow867
ashl3y4202life
3sparkles4me
baldysinclair
bluefire07024

We’ll be back during the week with more looks at YOUR towns! Don’t forget to say “Hello”, give us a thumbs up, and hit that subscribe button, because you won’t want to miss all the laughs around here!

If you enjoyed this episode you can check out ALL of the Addicts Live videos here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNg8EGzaHXTdrn7StYBnZ0iiVHVZSMJ3z #simpsons #tsto #showoff

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Addicts Open Thread

Posted on January 12, 2025 by | 10 comments

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

It’s that time of the week again, time for the Addicts Weekly Open Thread!  So, let’s get the conversation going!  Oh and remember…just because this is posted here today doesn’t mean you can’t comment on it all week long.  This open thread will still be open for comments long after today is over!

Here’s where you can talk about anything you want to talk about…TSTO Related, Simpson’s Related or ANYTHING.  Just no Add me requests…those should go here.  We’ll give you a few suggestions (like most Sunday’s you can talk about the current episode of the Simpsons or current Tapped Out event) but for the most part, you’re free to talk about ANYTHING your little Tapping Fingers desire…just keep it PG.

So, here is your Open Thread…..

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Addicts Open Thread

Posted on January 5, 2025 by | 33 comments

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

It’s that time of the week again, time for the Addicts Weekly Open Thread!  So, let’s get the conversation going!  Oh and remember…just because this is posted here today doesn’t mean you can’t comment on it all week long.  This open thread will still be open for comments long after today is over!

Here’s where you can talk about anything you want to talk about…TSTO Related, Simpson’s Related or ANYTHING.  Just no Add me requests…those should go here.  We’ll give you a few suggestions (like most Sunday’s you can talk about the current episode of the Simpsons or current Tapped Out event) but for the most part, you’re free to talk about ANYTHING your little Tapping Fingers desire…just keep it PG.

So, here is your Open Thread…..

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Addicts Open Thread

Posted on December 29, 2024 by | 23 comments

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

It’s that time of the week again, time for the Addicts Weekly Open Thread!  So, let’s get the conversation going!  Oh and remember…just because this is posted here today doesn’t mean you can’t comment on it all week long.  This open thread will still be open for comments long after today is over!

Here’s where you can talk about anything you want to talk about…TSTO Related, Simpson’s Related or ANYTHING.  Just no Add me requests…those should go here.  We’ll give you a few suggestions (like most Sunday’s you can talk about the current episode of the Simpsons or current Tapped Out event) but for the most part, you’re free to talk about ANYTHING your little Tapping Fingers desire…just keep it PG.

So, here is your Open Thread…..

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Episode Reminder: Bottle Episode (Season 36, Episode 13)

Posted on December 28, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Tidings Terrific Television Tune-in’ers!

(Today’s post is sponsored by the letter “T”)

Were you excited to see The Simpsons back last week? Did you enjoy the episode last week? How did it fare for an episode with the return of the Pin Pals? Did you enjoy the plot? Can’t wait for another new The Simpsons episode? Well you won’t have to wait too long for the next such episode as The Simpsons is back this Sunday, with an all new episode! Woohoo!

So here’s your official TSTO Addicts reminder…all new episode, the season’s thirteenth episode, this Sunday, December 29th, 8pm on FOX (at the same time on City TV in Canada)….“Bottle Episode”!

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Addicts Open Thread

Posted on December 22, 2024 by | 24 comments

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

It’s that time of the week again, time for the Addicts Weekly Open Thread!  So, let’s get the conversation going!  Oh and remember…just because this is posted here today doesn’t mean you can’t comment on it all week long.  This open thread will still be open for comments long after today is over!

Here’s where you can talk about anything you want to talk about…TSTO Related, Simpson’s Related or ANYTHING.  Just no Add me requests…those should go here.  We’ll give you a few suggestions (like most Sunday’s you can talk about the current episode of the Simpsons or current Tapped Out event) but for the most part, you’re free to talk about ANYTHING your little Tapping Fingers desire…just keep it PG.

So, here is your Open Thread…..

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