EA Considering Sims TV Show 210
Reuters is carrying the news that Electronic Arts is considering creating a television show based on 'The Sims'. The show would allow viewers to vote on what the avatars in the show would do. From the article: "One idea could be that you're controlling a family, telling them when to go to the kitchen and when to go to the bedroom, and with this mechanism you have gamers all over the world 'playing the show."
From EA? (Score:5, Funny)
Die Already (Score:5, Funny)
Sims in the bedroom (Score:5, Funny)
If they leave the bedroom option in there, I think I can see the future of this show already.
Won't get past the FCC (Score:3, Funny)
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
Play it like I do... (Score:5, Funny)
Apologies to Penny Arcade (Score:5, Funny)
(Apologies to Penny Arcade [penny-arcade.com])
Reality? (Score:3, Funny)
What people really need (Score:3, Funny)
Now THAT would be news...
Toilet breaks? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Fox's "When Animals Attack, Interactive". (Score:1, Funny)
Here's the problem... (Score:1, Funny)
It seems pretty obvious to me that people will be voting for the protagonist to screw the pooch rather than bake a cake or read a book.
Re:Die Already (Score:4, Funny)
*Insert drowning scene*
The End.
Penny Arcade Covered This One (Score:5, Funny)
"What are you doing?"
"I'm watching him watch his Sims watch TV."
Now it's going to be:
"I'm watching him watch TV to watch the Sims so he can vote for what the Sims watch on TV."
Re:Apologies to Penny Arcade (Score:4, Funny)
Oh, and don't forget to frame the whole picture in a Gameboy DS top and bottom display for over 15 hours continuously.
Next on G4...
..wow.... (Score:5, Funny)
Most reality television shows have been awful, this one appears to be the next step in the de-evolution of the human species. This show just perpetuates my theory: Most humans do not want to think, they just want to be told what to do. This removes their need for personal responsibility and accountability.
Fellow slashdotters excluded, of course....
Crickey! (Score:5, Funny)
Interactive Steve Irwin! I like it!
We could tell him which dangerous animals to poke (and then declare "grumpy"), and which poisonous snakes to put on his head!
I'd even watch THAT on pay-per-view!
Re:Die Already (Score:4, Funny)
Re:From EA? (Score:4, Funny)
Okay, I know it's karma whoring/destroying but I cannot resist the obvious:
-- <Arcturus|BuF>, www.bash.org [bash.org]
The title shall be! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What is sad... (Score:3, Funny)
1.) All the characters will wear EA branded clothes.
2.) All the thiefs will wear ESPN/sega clothes.
3.) The sims character will only watch EA sportcenter.
4.) The only profession available in the sims world is programmer for EA.
5.) All the commercials between the show will be Madden commercials.
6.) When the characters are in the shower, they'll sing EA slogans.
7.) The sim dating service will give each other EA sports games only.
8.) There will be a EA monopoly holiday that requires all the sim characters to work even more overtime.
Re:From EA? (Score:3, Funny)