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The Sims Survivor
Bobby writes "Two great pop culture tastes that taste great together -- the TV show Survivor and the computer game Sims. The premise: eight virtual people trapped in a virtual house with limited resources. Instead of winning contests and voting people off, the characters are subjected to the whims of the Sims game -- but you'll still find the requisite scheming and sexual intrigue. Things really heat up in episode four, a robbery spoils the group's fun in a subsequent chapter, and catfights often liven up the action. Who will be the ultimate Sims Survivor? (Quote From Yahoo!)"
... I wonder which Sim will become a guest star on a sitcom.
"Derp de derp."
I'm starting to think there's something wrong with my life. I don't have NEARLY this much time on my hands. And I'm unemployed. And have no friends.....
These guys must *really* love the Sims.
"Moderate drinking can help prevent amputated limbs" -- Abigail Zuger, NYTimes, 12/31/02
Holy shit. I think putting these two over-hyped, lame peices of entertainment together has caused a singularity of lameness. An area so lame that it suck in and destroys all cool things with in its grasp. C'mon, Survivor? Fuck your corporate entertainment!
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...and who will be the first character to wake up on a flaming couch in a room not big enough to turn around in that has been constructed sans doors or windows?
Yes, I love The Sims!
...they survived the webserver explosion ok.
I'd rather you do it wrong, than for me to have to do it at all.
The French Version of Big Brother is called Loft Story and here is a page with the big house and the people playing the French Big Brother.
The Sims IS basically watching other people live their lives....so its a perfect match for survivor or any soap opera
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When I used to play Sims, I'd have 2 girls and 1 guy living in the same house. One girl would always stay in the house. The other girl had a day job, and the guy had a night job. During the day I'd make the guy and girl have sex, and at night I'd make the two girls do it. On the weekends, they'd get jealous and fight because they'd see each other getting it on.
Now THAT would make some great TV.
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The problem with 'reality TV' is that it's not reality. It's an artificial situation. If you want real reality TV, check out "America's Wildest Police Videos".
Too bad that's considered by many as 'low brow' entertainment. I think that show goes a lot farther to convince people to fasten their seatbelts than signs that say 'buckle up'.
"Derp de derp."
What gets me is how difficult it is to carry on a conversation with people who do watch it (Namely, mass fucking majority). Run into old friend,
"Hey how's it going? How's that cancer that's eating your insides?"
"Fine, hey you catch last Wednesdays Survivor? Ben told Sam that they had to gang up on Scott because he was trying to hook up with Jenny who Ben wants"
"Uhm, wasn't that terminal cancer?"
"Yeah. So you missed it when they voted Sally off the island because she had VD?"
It's a soap opera for the whole family.
I'm at a loss because I don't watch any TV and constantly have to deal with people saying things related to TV, and not having any clue what they are talking about.
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
here's a link to some mirrors
don't call me a whore, just treat me like one.
Just turn off the goddamn TV.
I own one. In all it's 12" of glory. It's 6-7 years old, and was free at work when I got it.
I watch 2 hours of 60minutes a week. And I watch the news in the morning, and in the evening if I remember. Once in awhile I'll watch CSI.
It's really not difficult at all to avoid "reality" TV. Just avoid TV.
"Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs." P.J. O'Rourke
Unfortunately not many people read slashdot. Even fewer know how to pronounce leenooks :)
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
The Sims IS basically watching other people live their lives
I saw someone playing the sims once, I thought it was fitting people in a room and removing the doors, watching them urinate over themselves, trapping people in swimming pools with no ladders and setting people on fire.
LEt me tell you a story about reality tv.
Sunday afternoon, I was flicking through some tv channels. One channel had some fat woman sprawled out asleep on a bed. Carried on flicking. 5 minutes later I fliicked back, the same woman was lieing fast asleep on the bed. Intrigued I kept it on for 5 minutes. Nothing else happend.
This is reality TV ladies and gentleman.
Needless to say I got my futurama dvd's out and watched a couple of eps.
But I can't, because they wouldn't understand. That's the difference between US and THEM. We assume that they have no idea what we're talking about.
I'm hoping that sarcasm. Just because people watch TV and blather on about Survivor doesn't mean they dont' know what kill -9 is. One of the best programmers I know loves TV. Not so much Survivor but he goes on about Buffy and Will and Grace (I think that's what it's called)
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
one shot a minute for 60 minutes
Hmm, in the UK 1 "shot" is 25ml. 23 shots is a pint. 60 shots of 40% whiskey, thats just nasty, and probably lethal
I'm proud to say I've seen only 1/2 an episode of survivor and no other reality tv shows for one simple reason...they suck.
This gets modded insightful? You're proud to condemn an entire genre ("they suck") after viewing 1/2 an episode of one reality show. That's like saying Windows sucks after viewing the splash screen or saying linux sucks after seeing Tux.
Hopefully this will come up tomorrow when I meta-moderate.
"The ignorant fight to win, the wise win before they fight." -Sun Tzu
Oh yeah, HBO is so great. I know so many people who swear by that puke fest of a show, Sex in the City. Here's a sample scene for those of you that haven't had the pleasure of watching it:
Girl 1: I love cock!
Girl 2: Really!? What a coincidence, I love cock!
Girl 1: I had cock on the way here..twice!
Girl 3: Quit talking about cock, you're making me want cock.
Girl 4: We're such strong, powerful women!
All: Agreed!
Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
So my choices are limited. Not that I mind.
"Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs." P.J. O'Rourke
This is harder than it "sims".
:-)
If you took "Six Feet Under" (cool) and crossed it with Junkyard Wars (cool), you get what? Undertakers who take pieces from several corpses and create something new. Ah! Frankenstein! It's been done.
". I'm proud to say I've seen only 1/2 an episode of survivor and no other reality tv shows for one simple reason...they suck"
so you somehow know all reality shows suck without watching them.. wow.
Perhaps you can also tell us how to judge people without ever seeing them?
OTOH, I have tuned into them, briefly, and they do suck. But you sound like someone who just wants to say they suck for the sole purpose of being "different" and fitting into some preconcieved notion of what you think is cool.
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Futurama DVDs?!?!?!? I didn't know they were selling those.
That show is OK, but they need to give up on the helicopter commentator.
I got season 1 about 6 months ago. Of course, thats region 2 (although I think my player is multi region)
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I make a singular exception for the Osbournes (I'd watch the old candid camera, if it was on). The problem with reality TV is not that there's something inherently wrong with the prospect - after all, documentaries are reality TV, fundamentally. The problem is that most "reality TV" is:
1) Despicable. (Mean-spirited, materialistic, what have you.)
2) Stupid.
3) Boring.
4) Fake.
Now, the Osbournes is positively humanistic. Uplifting, even. Ozzie's little family is also authentically funny, not to mention smarter than the people on the reality TV shows. I suspect that the osbournes show is substantially faked, as well, but I'll let that pass.
The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
Based on the replies to my message, I seem to have struck a 'self-righteousness' nerve! : )
You gotta admit, being PROUD of not watching a show is at least as asinine as anything you might read into my original response.
instead you live your life on the Internet talking about /. related things to other people who are interested in /. related items.
It's a living soap opera led by Tim, Katz, and Rob.
We hate MS, Billy has gone and done it again, owning himself by allowing Windows to be taken over by Shatter.
OMFG, the world is coming to and end, Linux didn't make it as a desktop OS.
You mean people watch Sex in the City? Huh. No, I suggest HBO for the real quality stuff, like Sopranos and Six Feet Under, and the occasional mini-series (Band of Brothers was awesome). Right, so you're saying, "Pay for HBO? Just for a Sunday night line-up? What am I going to watch the rest of the week?" Not a problem. That goes to the rest of my post -- get out of the house! Or read a book (I'm reading A Secret Histroy, the first volume in the book of Ash). Hell, if you have to be geeky, go write some code. Point being, there's a ton of better things to do than watch TV (yeah, like I'm one to talk, considering what I've spent on my entertainment center. but until AT&T Broadband starts broadcasting HD content, it's pretty much a waste as far as TV goes. Much better for DVDs and my HTPC).
While it is true that "reality tv" shows are mostly contests, there is something to be said in preference of primetime drama over reality tv.
Primetime dramas offer us something most of us don't get/want a chance to experience - certain ascepts of life. Law & Order, West Wing, ER - these shows give us a piece of our society that we don't understand well. Yes, it's completely scripted. This (usually) ensures a good show. I have seen far better television in an episode of West Wing than in Survivor.
Reality TV (Real World style) is a sequence of forced interactions between people. It makes great psychology case studies, but there's no result, no benefit, no moral, and very little resolution. Reality TV (Survivor style) is like a game show, that didn't end. We absorb ourselves in the people on the show and their interactions, even though they are more forced and artificial than the Real World. The problem with Survivor is it goes on too long. Even the best contestant on Jeopardy is gone in 5 shows, and you can learn things on Jeopardy. Survivor teaches you how to survive in a carefully selected, well-stocked wilderness.
Ultimately, an entire season of Surivor has only taught you that you do or don't want to know these people. You can get more out of Wheel of Fortune.
That what was all this school was for... to teach us how to solve our own problems. -- janeowit
That is, bar none, the best .sig ever in the history of .sigs. Damn. I might have to steal that.
OMFG, the world is coming to and end, Linux didn't make it as a desktop OS.
:)
Dude don't worry, AmigaOS is making a come back man!
3 pints over the course of an hour is impressive? It's true what they say about yanks
I don't need to be in a car accident to tell you it would suck. I've never been in jail, but I'm sure that sucks. Being a drug addict sucks, but so many addicts recommend it.
This poster obviously learned all he wanted to know about reality TV, the entire idea of it turned him off, so for him, it all sucks. The idea of forcing people into a situation where they either backstab their peers or lose big money reminds me way too much of my work. I have yet to watch a single episode of survivor, but I can say it sucks.
As for judging people before you see them, that's easy. Just use stereotypes, because they're a good rule of thumb. Just be prepared to revise your opinions if the person shows any surprises.
"Oh and what happens when someone does actually catch the real cops in action? Remember the police beating a black kid in LA about a month ago? They threw the guy that recorded the scene in jail. And the cop will probably walk"
Didn't watch the whole story, didja? Ever notice how that suddenly died down? S'more proof popped up: The kid grabbed the cop's nuts and gave'em a squeeze. That's what earned him a slam to the cop car. Once it became clear it wasn't racially motivated, the media lost interest in it.
Now talk about 'brainwashing crap'. The media gives you a horribly biased, one-sided view with the details obviously twisted, and you went for it hook, line, and sinker. All because of 'ratings'.
Frankly, I find Police Chases to be a rather nice getaway from 'brainwashing media'. I'm laughing because you believe that guy crying "The cops are getting revenge on me!" heh.
ITS ALL A BIG CONSPIRACY MAN!!
"Derp de derp."
The "classic" 60min is on Sundays. And now on Wednesdays, there's 60 Minutes II.
"Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs." P.J. O'Rourke