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Will Wright To Make Fan-Participation TV Show

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-keep-them-away-from-cameras-for-god's-sake dept.

SmarterThanMe writes "Will Wright, creator of several famous computer games beginning with 'Sim,' is involved in the production of a new TV show called 'Bar Karma.' Viewers will be heavily involved in putting forward their own storyboards that the show will then play out. Viewers also vote on the storyboards that they most like for the next episode. In effect, the viewing public collaborates with each other to create the show."

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  1. And griefers all around the world rejoiced by Halo1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In our next episode: did little Lisa survive her heart surgery?
    4chan: Nope.

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    1. Re:And griefers all around the world rejoiced by Rogerborg · · Score: 3, Funny
      Well, quite. I can see it going All My Circuits.
      • Voice Over: Press 1 if you would like to see an exciting laser battle. Press 2 if you want to watch Calculon do his taxes.
      • [Fry presses 1]
      • Voice Over: You have selected "2".
      • Fry: Hey!
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    2. Re:And griefers all around the world rejoiced by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      If they really let it play out democratically (and I doubt they will after they see the initial results), I picture the television equivalent of a Mad Lib with the word "Ass" in every blank.

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  2. Re:Brilliant by lennier1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Too late. 4chan has already been mentioned in the first post.

  3. Why? by denzacar · · Score: 2, Funny

    a storyboard consisting of an elaborate episode-long orgy?

    Why do you say that like that is a bad thing?

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  4. Been done before by dastardlydavros · · Score: 5, Informative

    This isn't a new idea - Let the Blood Run Free did this back in the 90s. You could phone in at the end of the show and choose which direction the storyline would take. Dorothy Conniving-Bitch was my favourite character mwahahahaha! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_The_Blood_Run_Free

  5. Fan Fiction by tekrat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There's a *REASON* 99.9% of fan fiction doesn't get turned into the next episode. How many Lt. Mary Sue's do we really need? I think there was one rare instance where some Xena fan-fic got published as a book... that was about it.

    Women writers tend to make a Han-Solo/Luke or Kirk/Spock love fest, while men tend to write stories where the hero lands on an alien planet inhabited by sex-starved babes in bikinis.

    Basically it's trash writing and most of the time, it shows that most people should never even get near a keyboard.

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  6. Re:Brilliant by Combatso · · Score: 2, Insightful

    you mean a rip-off of Two and half men?