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Will Wright's Deal with Fox? 98

Posted by CmdrTaco from the what-does-that-mean dept.
Syris writes ""Will Wright, creator of video game sensation "The Sims," has signed a first-look development deal with Fox Broadcasting Co." The story is here ." A surprisingly interesting story.
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Will Wright's Deal with Fox?

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  • Coming soon... (Score:4, Funny)

    by TaddS ( 538049 ) * on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:11AM (#6104474) Homepage
    "Who Wants to Marry a Simulated Millionare?" 30 women vie for the affection of a digital man who may or may have a million dollars, or 5 neighbors walled up in the bathroom.
    • either that or "Sims Disaters Caught on tape."

      I still say that the only reason people play "The Sims" is for the Darwin-like ways you can kill your sim.

      Dont Believe me? Ask someone that plays "The Sims" what his/her favorite moment was in the game. Most likely it involves Death in some way.

    • Re:Coming soon... (Score:4, Funny)

      by DickBreath ( 207180 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @09:03AM (#6104766) Homepage
      As an addition to the many successful titles in the Sims series, Wil Wright announced today that Electronic Arts will be adding a new title to the linup...

      The Sims Cold Date

      When asked why they needed another title so similar to the existing title The Sims Hot Date, Wil said "We thought it would be really great to start making lines of games for specialty markets, such as Slashdot."

    • Coming soon... (Score:5, Funny)

      by lpret ( 570480 ) <[lpret42] [at] [hotmail.com]> on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @09:36AM (#6104981) Homepage Journal
      Sims Gone Wild!

      Ever wonder what's going on when you've turned your game off???
      Now you can find out! These Sims get really wild with each other! You know that hot neighbour your one sim keeps trying to get with? Find out what happens when she hooks up with that other hot neighbour two houses down! It's incredible!!!

      And New this week!! -- Sims: Doggy Style!

      See what happens when we give Snoop Doggy Dog a camera and girls to play with! You'll be amazed at what he can get these sims to do!

      Caution: May not be suitable for sims under the age of 18.
      mad props to the guy in the star wars discussion

    • Maybe it's some terrible, weird deal to replace Fox Execs with gibberish-spouting Sims. Actually, that sounds like an improvement.
    • Here! [216.239.51.100] (do a select-all to see the white on white text).

  • Not the usual kind of Simpsons reference... (Score:4, Funny)

    by f00Dave ( 251755 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:12AM (#6104481) Homepage
    Why do I imagine little, digital Simpsons characters running around making icons at each other, and seeing who gets kicked off the server each episode? =]

  • No way (Score:4, Funny)

    by Timesprout ( 579035 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:14AM (#6104487)
    Wright has been toying with traditional linear entertainment during the past year

    I think he should stop playing and move to spherical entertainment immediately !
    • c'mon, I thought it was already 2D at least !

      Linear simpsons should be pretty boring (mmmmmh ... a rounded segment !)
  • "It could be a sitcom or something completely different"

    A SimsCom ?

  • ha ha (Score:1, Funny)

    by j0nkatz ( 315168 )
    He want to create a show on FOX that shows the relationship of men and machines??

    One word...
    BENDER!

  • Transcript of First Show (Score:5, Funny)

    by LordYUK ( 552359 ) <jeffwright821@@@gmail...com> on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:17AM (#6104509)
    (husband and wife, in living room)

    Husband: Blah!
    Wife: Blah??
    Husband: Blah!!!!
    Wife: BLAH???!?
    Husband: (moves towards kitchen)
    Wife: (Walks towards bathroom)
    Husband: (throws trash on floor, plays with stove)
    Husband: (sets self on fire)
    Wife: (takes shower)
    Enter Neighbor.
    Neighbor: (to wife) Blah!
    Wife: Blah!
    Huband: (dead on floor, burned crispy)
    Wife leaves, go gets a job.

  • Prof Frink. (Score:3, Funny)

    by CGP314 ( 672613 ) <CGP&ColinGregoryPalmer,net> on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:19AM (#6104523) Homepage
    Wright also experimented with a life-sized remote-controlled robot as a concept for a reality TV show.

    I hope he didn't forget to carry the one.

  • So ... (Score:5, Funny)

    by peatbakke ( 52079 ) <peat&peat,org> on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:19AM (#6104526) Homepage
    Lets hope it's something like Big Brother, except it's entirely up to the viewers to furnish, entertain, and otherwise screw with them.

    I'm voting for no doors on the bathrooms, and too many pets.
    • Let's hope it's like Big Brother, and they let the folks in the UK control everything, so we can see REAL turmoil. Those folks are brutal!

      The US folks are too namby pamby, as witnessed by the first Big Brother, which in the end pitted nice guy against nice guy.

    • Yessss.. Let them jump into the pool then take the ladder out.

      "Tune in next week to see if Laura finds a way out!"

  • Knee-Jerk reaction-SUBSIDE! (Score:5, Interesting)

    by curtisk ( 191737 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:20AM (#6104527) Homepage Journal
    ...ok...as tempting as it is to jump all over the obvious Sims references/jokes I'll say the guy must have some creativity. I mean its not like anyone can write for FOX, right?

    *rimshot*

    Alright it wasn't that easy to resist making a joke, but really, I'm sure he could drum up a decent show, anyone see any of the "MY Robot"? Its unclear whether they are just in development or are available somewhere. The only skepticism I have is that there is such severe CRAP on TV now anyway, why would FOX of all networks signup something truly against whats "hot" right now? (ie. Joe-masked-millionaire-secret-anna-osbournes-frien ds-season-82-F-list-celebrity-hoedown)

  • SimCity's worst Disasters (Score:5, Funny)

    by Da Fokka ( 94074 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:21AM (#6104531) Homepage
    With endless reruns on Discovery.

  • In today's episode (Score:5, Funny)

    by stud9920 ( 236753 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:39AM (#6104620)
    In today's episode, the main character will sit on the toilet for 25 minutes, eventhough most males stand while peeing. He will also not lower his pants.

    However, the character will be pixelized and require an unofficial set top box to see completely.
    • lol... and prior to going to the toilet, he will shuffle around outside the door for 9 hours in a deadlock with another character also trying to get in. It's true, look I found the source code:
      10 Step forward
      20 oh sorry am I in your way? step back
      30 goto 10

  • My impression of The Sims (Score:2, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Kind of a bummer to return home from a long day at work to have to send myself back to work in the game. Wheeeeee! Then there was having to tell people to go to the bathroom, take the trash out, and so on.

    Reminded me of Age of Empires, when I'd have to keep telling hundreds of farmers that, yes, as farmers they must replant their corn every year.

  • Interesting? (Score:5, Funny)

    by guacamolefoo ( 577448 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:45AM (#6104648) Homepage Journal
    A surprisingly interesting story.

    As opposed to the usual crap we see posted on /.?

    - Geek builds beowolf cluster out of basmati rice
    - Matrix sequel to include wire-fu shark jumping
    - Richard Stallman shaves self, Darl McBride
    - Mutant Mosquitos [slashdot.org]

    Who comes up with this stuff? Geez.

    GF.
  • "We...are...watching...FOX"

  • The Sims-sons? (Score:3, Funny)

    by tekrat ( 242117 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:48AM (#6104667) Homepage Journal
    New show on FOX. Laugh at the wild antics of the Daddy character, the housewife and the 2.5 children. All drawn in a generic color scheme so they can be anybody. They live in a town with the most common town name in America.

    "D'Oh"

  • Crossovers are already happening (Score:4, Insightful)

    by ianscot ( 591483 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @08:51AM (#6104684)

    Gaming's a huge entertainment industry. It's no surprise TV would want to see if they can tie into it. We've already had our (iffy) movie or three based on game franchises, and throwaway FPS games tied to a handful of middling "grown-up" series as promotional moves, leaving alone countless kids' show tie-ins.

    Hard to say whether the great, leveling, lowest-common-denominator of TV will make this marginal even for Fox's viewer base, though. Seems more like an mst3k niche market to me. Or will Wright go more mainstream to get a bigger audience? Even the projects he's done already basically mix genres a bit and come out with a sitcom or a "reality" show/candid camera hybrid. (A sitcom in feudal japan with "suburban issues"? Watching people interact with a robot? Not exactly brand new material, whether or not he uses puppets.)

    But more importantly,

    Wright also experimented with a life-sized remote-controlled robot as a concept for a reality TV show.

    Just how big are robots in real life, before you make them "life-sized"?

    • "Or will Wright go more mainstream to get a bigger audience?"
      Why would you think that what Wright creates wouldn't have mainstream appeal? Look at the games he has been responsible - some of the biggest selling games to the non-gamer. He's always been able to create content that was interesting to a large number of people.
  • Is this going to be something like the TV audience and vote or command the characters (robots) on TV to do something and interact with the other robots?

    I wonder how many votes there will be for 'kiss', 'undress', or 'have sex', etc. Or maybe more intrestingly, if the audience can send in their own ideas, 'stare at thumb', 'chew on lamp cord', or 'say "All your base are belong to us" 54 times'.

    Whatever...
  • Don't tell me the Sims now want to direct ...

  • Great pitch (Score:5, Funny)

    by aziraphale ( 96251 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @09:03AM (#6104764)
    "The original show concept blended puppetry with animation and was set in feudal Japan but dealt with modern-day suburban situations."

    Man, I'd love to have been a fly on the wall in that pitch meeting.

    Exec 1 - 'I dunno about this feudal Japan idea. and... puppets?'
    Exec 2 - 'You know, our research shows, most Fox viewers live in suburbs - we need something more suburban'
    Exec 1 - 'You're right. We need an angle.'
    Exec 2 - 'Can we deal with modern suburban issues in a feudal Japanese setting?'
    Producer (steam coming out of ears) - 'I guess so, if it means you'll commission the show'
    Exec 1 - 'I feel a daytime Emmy coming on...'
    Exec 2 - 'High Five!'

    Sometimes, I wonder why the entire planet hasn't already been sucked into the bottomless void between TV executives' ears.

  • So what? (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Eminence ( 225397 )

    Excuse me, but what's interesting in this story? A guy, who happens to have some interesting ideas and likes to play with toys shifts his interests from games to (other forms of) entertainment. He came to know someone from a TV network and had an idea of a TV show. His friend from the network says "Cute, let's try it" and off they go.

    It's nice to see people evolve, but it shouldn't be a sensation that someone doesn't want to develop/design/whatever computer games all his life. Not the kind of stories I exp

  • Why is it surprising that this story is interesting? :)

    Mad Hatter
  • A surprisingly interesting story.

    An interesting story on slashdot! Now, that is suprising!
  • The Sims maker has a deal with FOX? It's an interesting story? How is anyone supposed to post their uninformed, off the cuff, ms bashing, Open Source supporting, In Soviet Russia, You Inconsiderate, Beowulf cluster of these responses to just the headlines when you post stories like this. Please stick to the formula. ;)

    No wonder this story only has about 60 posts.

  • Lew Morton? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Blackheart2 ( 161473 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @09:58AM (#6105130) Homepage
    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" and "Futurama."

    Strange. I've heard that `Lew Morton' is a fake name which writers use to sign material which is so bad that they don't want to take credit for it.

    • Re:Lew Morton? (Score:2, Informative)

      by Ack_OZ ( 64662 )
      Strange. I've heard that `Lew Morton' is a fake name which writers use to sign material which is so bad that they don't want to take credit for it.

      from this [epguides.com] page...

      In response to a rumor that Lew Morton is not a real person, Paul Simms responded with:

      "No, Lew Morton is a real writer, but often the episodes on which he gets a "Written By" credit aren't very good ones. It's probably just a coincidence."
  • "This deal's not about taking a game and turning it into a TV show; it's about creating new entertainment franchises." Fox Exec

    Do people in Hollywood really talk like this?

  • Oh, for the love of god, no! (Score:4, Funny)

    by Torgo's Pizza ( 547926 ) on Tuesday June 03, 2003 @10:24AM (#6105307) Homepage Journal
    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.

    No Will! You don't know of the powers that you're messing with. Mixing robots and humans in a television show resulted in the worst sitcom that man has ever created: Small Wonder! [hispeed.com] Run for your lives!

  • This is so cool, I'm surprised he hasn't put it up on his web log.

    I can just imagine all the inside Star Trek jokes and Linux references on his new show.

    Who says he's typecast as Wesley Crusher? Go Wil!

  • It seems to me that Will Wright have a secret Fetisch for Robots. Every other meaning he speaks ends with "... with robots!". And talk about being short of ideas... They're actually thinking of stuff like SimCity the Sitcom? How boring would that be on a scale from one to ten?
  • He could create a whole lot of fake characters to simulate the news, inventing fake but entertaining stories. Of course that would put the existing Fox News team out of a job, but I bet Sim's come a whole lot cheaper.

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