Sci-Fi channel to spawn hybrid MMO/TV show

[Bad^Hat]

Honestly not too sure how I feel about this, but the idea is interesting to say the least.

Can two alien cultures coexist in one writers room? Sci Fi is entering a brave new world by teaming television writers with video-game designers to create a franchise that is both a television series and a massive multiplayer game on the Internet -- more than that, the fans who play the game will actually help shape the show's story arc with their virtual exploits.

"A television show that is on once a week isn't enough. The fans today want the experience to go beyond that," Howe said. "For example, we can tell them that there will be an alien invasion at a certain place in the game, at a certain time, and to be there with all their friends and be ready. The outcome depends on them. And then that battle will be part of the universe in the show."

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-scifi2-2008jun02,0,3454022.story

On a promising note, the company creating the MMO side of it, "Trion World Network," is co-founded by the guy who created the Might & Magic and HoMM series; although it doesn't seem that they've made any games of their own yet.

 

[Lucid]

Huge meh.

 

[Que-Ever]

I think it sounds interesting. So it's like, a reality show but inside an MMO?

Note that when I say interesting I mean incredibly nerdy.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Sounds neat. Did anyone get to see that Andromeda Strain premiere? I missed it.

 

[Lucid]

Sounds neat. Did anyone get to see that Andromeda Strain premiere? I missed it.

It was alright, a lot more modernized than the original movie.

 

[Hazard.Squared]

I hope they don't F**K up the book, that thing has the shit

 

[giant384]

Sounds neat. Did anyone get to see that Andromeda Strain premiere? I missed it.

i loved that movie, and the movie is 4 hours long so they would have to put most of the book into the movie.