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EA Considering Sims TV Show

Posted by Zonk on from the who-wants-to-see-this-sim-wet-himself? dept.

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."

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  1. From EA? by codesurfer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Viewers could tell the Sims when to work 80 hr weeks with no overtime pay!

  2. Die Already by CypherXero · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why can't Reality TV just die already? Plus, it's not reality, waking up at 3am to get first post on Slashdot is what the TRUTH is.

  3. Play it like I do... by DrKyle · · Score: 5, Funny

    If people get to "vote" on what the sims do, they might end up playing like me and just force feed them coffee and never let them sleep or go to the bathroom.

  4. Apologies to Penny Arcade by sinclair44 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! With this new TV show, I can turn on the TV and watch the Sims watch TV!

    (Apologies to Penny Arcade)

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    Omnes stulti sunt.
  5. ..wow.... by Berserker76 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I joked long before Sims came out that one day they would make a game on the PC that required people to do laundry or dishes, tasks that no one likes doing in real life and people would love it. Then it became a reality.

    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....