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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.

    1. Re:Die Already by BaseLineNL · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't you see the beauty? With this show you have the power to do it! Just vote for a pool party. Then, when the entire cast is in the pool, vote to remove the ladder.

      *Insert drowning scene*
      The End.

    2. Re:Die Already by Dashing+Leech · · Score: 4, Insightful
      "Why can't Reality TV just die already?"

      This would be a very bizarre cross-breed indeed. Most "reality" shows aren't reality, they're game shows (Survivor, Big Brother, Bachelorette, etc.). Perhaps the "follow people around" shows count as reality (The Osbornes, Nic & Jessica, etc.). The Sims TV show would fall in the latter category so would be more of a reality show than the game shows, but is virtual so is less reality. It's quite the irony.

      But of course it would fail. People watch the Osbornes, Nic & Jessica, Ashlee, Carmen & Dave, Anna Nicole, etc., because they're celebrities (though I don't understand why that would be enticing). I doubt the Sims qualify.

  3. Sims in the bedroom by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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,

    If they leave the bedroom option in there, I think I can see the future of this show already.

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    The coolest voice ever.
  4. Hmm by pHatidic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So basically this is a daily 30 minute infomercial sponsored by the evil alliance?

  5. In other news... by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    EA has signed an exclusive contract with humans stating that only EA is able to makes games involving such.

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    The coolest voice ever.
  6. 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.

  7. this is a horrible idea by bechthros · · Score: 5, Interesting

    and i say that as an ardent Sims fan (hell, I bought a new video card just so I could PLAY sims 2). The demands of today's TV entertainment are such that any TV show that's true to the game will BOMB MASSIVELY. TV is about 6-minute chucks of instant gratification and resolving every problem within a half hour. The Sims is about neither of these. If this gets off the ground it will become just another Hanna-Barbara-ish cookie cutter cartoon show, where the only similarity it has to the Sims is in the name (I Robot anyone?) and the characters go through the same tired, demographically neutered plot contrivances as on every other show.

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  8. 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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  9. Most likely ( and constant ) plot. by goofyheadedpunk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Sims have sex.
    The Sims have sex.
    Out pops a baby.
    The Sims, ignoring their baby, have sex.

    Seriously, is a show controlled by the masses through voting a really good idea? In this instance I am suddenly reminded why the Founding Fathers(tm) of America didn't want the majority of people to vote.

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  10. Strangerhood by someguy456 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm surprised nobody (at my threshold?) has mentioned Rooster Teeth Productions' The Strangerhood, an online series done using The Sims 2.

    Personally, however, I prefer their Red vs. Blue, a series done using Halo, and more recently Halo 2.

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    A Computer Science student's views on technology.
  11. Penny Arcade Covered This One by Nova+Express · · Score: 4, Funny
    And how.

    "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."

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    http://www.lawrenceperson.com/

  12. ..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....

  13. Crickey! by Scrameustache · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think what people really need is interactive Discovery Channel

    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!

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