Rupert Murdoch Does It Again
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<div class="IPBDescription">Fox + Sims == Gah</div> (from Yahoo <a href='http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=597&ncid=772&e=2&u=/nm/20030603/tv_nm/television_sims_dc)' target='_blank'>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...vision_sims_dc)</a>
Oh well, at least people will see how harmless video games really are...
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->'Sims' Creator Inks TV Deal with Fox
Tue Jun 3, 2:06 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters TV to My Yahoo!
By John Gaudiosi
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Will Wright, creator of video game sensation "The Sims," has signed a first-look development deal with Fox Broadcasting Co.
"It could be a sitcom or something completely different," said Mike Darnell, Fox executive VP alternative programming and specials. "This deal's not about taking a game and turning it into a TV show; it's about creating new entertainment franchises."
Wright has been toying with traditional linear entertainment during the past year, creating several five-minute episodes of "M.Y. Robot" that were written by Lew Morton of "The Simpsons (news - Y! TV)" and "Futurama." The original show concept blended puppetry with animation and was set in feudal Japan but dealt with modern-day suburban situations.
Wright also experimented with a life-sized remote-controlled robot as a concept for a reality TV show. Wright and partners Michael Winter and Marc Thorpe built the robot and then brought it into public situations to study how people interact with machines. The show concept blended comedy with human psychology.
Those projects and others came out of Wright's Berkeley, Calif.-based Stupid Fun Club. He said he spends what little free time he has working with robots in that studio.
Currently keeping him away from robots, however, are several new video game projects, including "The Sims 2" for PC; "The Sims Bustin' Loose" for Xbox (news - web sites), PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) and GameCube; "Sim City: Rush Hour" for PC; and some new unannounced game franchises.
While Wright said he wants to start with a clean slate with his Fox deal, he would like to explore the themes of these earlier projects.
"I'd like to fast-forward into the future a bit and explore how machines and artificial intelligence will impact human beings and how robots will help us define ourselves," Wright said. "The trick is going to be to hook a mass audience with a new concept and then Trojan-horse these ideas into the show."
Wright said there are a lot of things that he has learned in creating original franchises for interactive entertainment that he can apply to linear entertainment.
"I think there are ways to get a deeper level of creative input from an audience of a TV show," Wright said. "I'd like to explore ways to connect the loop between a show and its audience, going beyond the current methods of phoning in a vote."
Wright's most famous creation, "The Sims," which has shipped more than 25 million units worldwide during the past three years, also may be heading to the small screen in a separate deal. After a deal to turn the best-selling game property into a live-action TV show with Columbia TriStar TV fell through, there are now new talks with a different suitor.
"The Sims" made its TV debut on ABC's "The Drew Carey (news) Show" and has appeared in an episode of Fox's "Malcolm in the Middle (news - Y! TV)." It also has been parodied on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (news)."
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Oh well, at least people will see how harmless video games really are...
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->'Sims' Creator Inks TV Deal with Fox
Tue Jun 3, 2:06 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters TV to My Yahoo!
By John Gaudiosi
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Will Wright, creator of video game sensation "The Sims," has signed a first-look development deal with Fox Broadcasting Co.
"It could be a sitcom or something completely different," said Mike Darnell, Fox executive VP alternative programming and specials. "This deal's not about taking a game and turning it into a TV show; it's about creating new entertainment franchises."
Wright has been toying with traditional linear entertainment during the past year, creating several five-minute episodes of "M.Y. Robot" that were written by Lew Morton of "The Simpsons (news - Y! TV)" and "Futurama." The original show concept blended puppetry with animation and was set in feudal Japan but dealt with modern-day suburban situations.
Wright also experimented with a life-sized remote-controlled robot as a concept for a reality TV show. Wright and partners Michael Winter and Marc Thorpe built the robot and then brought it into public situations to study how people interact with machines. The show concept blended comedy with human psychology.
Those projects and others came out of Wright's Berkeley, Calif.-based Stupid Fun Club. He said he spends what little free time he has working with robots in that studio.
Currently keeping him away from robots, however, are several new video game projects, including "The Sims 2" for PC; "The Sims Bustin' Loose" for Xbox (news - web sites), PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) and GameCube; "Sim City: Rush Hour" for PC; and some new unannounced game franchises.
While Wright said he wants to start with a clean slate with his Fox deal, he would like to explore the themes of these earlier projects.
"I'd like to fast-forward into the future a bit and explore how machines and artificial intelligence will impact human beings and how robots will help us define ourselves," Wright said. "The trick is going to be to hook a mass audience with a new concept and then Trojan-horse these ideas into the show."
Wright said there are a lot of things that he has learned in creating original franchises for interactive entertainment that he can apply to linear entertainment.
"I think there are ways to get a deeper level of creative input from an audience of a TV show," Wright said. "I'd like to explore ways to connect the loop between a show and its audience, going beyond the current methods of phoning in a vote."
Wright's most famous creation, "The Sims," which has shipped more than 25 million units worldwide during the past three years, also may be heading to the small screen in a separate deal. After a deal to turn the best-selling game property into a live-action TV show with Columbia TriStar TV fell through, there are now new talks with a different suitor.
"The Sims" made its TV debut on ABC's "The Drew Carey (news) Show" and has appeared in an episode of Fox's "Malcolm in the Middle (news - Y! TV)." It also has been parodied on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (news)."
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"AHHHH!!!!" *fires randomly*
*gets knocked over by the sulk*
"Krunk didn't I tell you not to play with the khraa in the mess hall?"
But if it was wouldn't it be cool if they based on storylines of people who play sims online? I mean, people would be PAYING THEM to write for them <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> or they could give you money if they picked yours. Every week would be about a different family. Hilarity is ensured with this idea <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Oh, wait, they cancelled Family Guy, that's right.
*raises hand* I DO, I DO!! can we say "monopoly"?
Which is the most incompetent gaming company dominating the U.S. markets today?
A. a pile of poop B. Electronic Arts
C. a stick pile D. a den full of labotomized monkeys
Hmm, I'm going to use a lifeline
Which is the most incompetent gaming company dominating the U.S. markets today?
A. a pile of poop B. Electronic Arts
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As much as I don't like EA for producing multiple versions of one game and still managing to sell millions (Fifa, the Sims etc.) Tbh incompetence and multi million dollar domination of the computer games market don't seem to go together well. You might blame EA for releasing what, 10-15 add-on packs for the sims, or the same game with a new soundtrack and differnt digits on the end but what about the millions of people who go out and buy them? EA's leaching money out of the pockets of the public and you know what they say about a fool and his money....So well done to EA for exploting the general public.
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"AHHHH!!!!" *fires randomly*
*gets knocked over by the sulk*
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<Canned Laughter>
GG AUSSIE!!!
--Scythe--
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"AHHHH!!!!" *fires randomly*
*gets knocked over by the sulk*
"Krunk didn't I tell you not to play with the khraa in the mess hall?" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
more like:
"Davis! I'm..."
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"OMG! SO MUCH LLAAAAAAGGG...."
"i told you to go in that door in a group! but no! you had to be the rambo!"
"shut up comm!"
"comm! gimme welder! dinner's on the table!"
"dont duck! that's an exploit! h4x!"
*splash*
"sh*t all this talking and now they have 2 hives! WTH!? where's 1.1 when you need it?"
"roflmao"
*raises hand* I DO, I DO!! can we say "monopoly"? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Let's ride the Enron/EA rollercoaster!