With the release of The Sims 3 just around the corner, here’s a Q & A with Associate Producer Lyndsay Pearson to give you a bit more insight into one of the team members behind the game.

Read below to find out the weirdest thing Lyndsay has done in a Sims game and who on the development team most resembles a Sim. Thanks to EA for the Q & A.

• What personality traits in The Sims 3 most closely matches your own personality, in your opinion?

If I recreated myself as a Sim I think I’d pick: Workaholic, Friendly, Neurotic, Excitable and Bookworm. I definitely work more than I should, I love to visit and chat with people, I worry about ridiculous things all the time (I’m pretty sure I left my garage door open today…), I get excited about the silliest stuff (googly eyes I can stick all over the place! YAY!) and I really love to spend hours absorbed in a good book.

• If you weren’t a game developer, what would you have ended up as?

I originally planned to make movies! I went to school to become a special fx artist so I suppose I might be doing that. I always thought I’d end up doing something art related. Luckily, even as a producer, sometimes they let me make icons or walls and floors.

• What’s your favorite food? And why?

I enjoy a really good steak more than pretty much anything else. MMMMM….

• What’s your favorite game of all time, apart from The Sims, of course? And why?

I think I’ve played more Animal Crossing than just about anything else. I’m not sure it’s my all-time favorite, but its way up there. I’m also a huge MySims fan… its super cool that they work right across the floor so I can spy on their game all the time.

• What’s the most weird and wacky thing you’ve ever done in a Sims game? And have you ever done it in real life?

I think one of the funniest things that ever happened was when my Sim took his date to a restaurant (this was in nightlife). While they were there he flirted with somebody else. All of a sudden everybody in the restaurant was furious with him! He has to rush home and lock the doors. For days the neighbours would come over and steal his gnomes, kick over his trash and take his paper. It was hilarious! I, however, am not that kind of Sim.

• What’s your favorite line from a movie?

Does an entire song count? The Impossible Dream from The Man of La Mancha is one of my favorite messages in a movie. The song is about continuing to try no matter the odds to do what you know is right. It’s sort of cheesy but it’s always meant a lot to me.

• If you could walk out of your front door and see one thing across the road, what would you like it to be?

I wish I lived near a lake. I would love to live in a quiet, forested area just outside the bustle of town where I could walk out my door and be able to hang out by a lake all day. It would be fantastic. I don’t need to be in the middle of nowhere, but I really enjoy being away from the rush sometimes.

• Who on the development team most resembles a Sim, and why?

That’s a tough one. Lots of people act like Sims sometimes, it’s funny to see actually. We recreated a number of team members as Sims and I think one of the most believable is Tim Wilson. It’s hilarious to see his Sim in game acting like he does!