A Strange Connection

You all want to know something weird? You know the whole "rosebud" mystery? I've had this nagging feeling for the past few days that the word "rosebud" was somewhat significant to me at some point.

Now I remember.

It was used as a cheat code in the original PC version of The Sims. Now, for those of you that don't know how The Sims works (I assume most of you do), you basically create a family and a house and simulate their lives. You use your family's money to help build the house and buy things. The Sims is currently in its third series, but also has several spinoffs. Though the game isn't overly realistic, it's pretty fun and has its quirks. Anyway, so "rosebud" was used as the cheat code. It gave your family $1000 and you could enter it as many times as you want. However, there was a quicker and more efficient cheat code that basically maxed out your family's funds without having to retype it over and over again. It was pretty useful for when you wanted to create the ultimate house or to just relax and have a game where you did whatever you wanted to.

Anyway, so I started wondering: Does the "rosebud" in Citizen Kane have to do with $1000 or free money? But then I looked it up and almost spoiled some of the details of the movie. I say "almost" because I only saw it very quickly and refuse to believe what I thought I may have read until I see the entire movie. The use of "rosebud" in The Sims isn't exactly related to Citizen Kane's plot from what I can tell, but it IS meant to be a reference to Citizen Kane.

So yeah, talk about a weird connection there. I know I really didn't discuss some of the more important things that we've seen in the movie, but I couldn't help but post this.