What Does The Sims Have to Do with Reality TV? Game/Show Investigates [Video]

Game/Show will tell you what The Sims and BridalPlasty have in common.

Dan Van Winkle

Published: Jan 16, 2014 05:23 pm

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Several games in The Sims series are the best selling PC games of all time. Game/Show is curious about why, and they think it might have something to do with the reason people love reality TV. Do people just love setting up a fake reality and seeing it play out with more drama than our real reality?

There’s also a lengthy discussion at the end of what their last episode about Minecraft was really about, because people kind of missed the point.

(via Game/Show on YouTube)

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Dan Van Winkle

Dan Van Winkle (he) is an editor and manager who has been working in digital media since 2013, first at now-defunct Geekosystem (RIP), and then at The Mary Sue starting in 2014, specializing in gaming, science, and technology. Outside of his professional experience, he has been active in video game modding and development as a hobby for many years. He lives in North Carolina with Lisa Brown (his wife) and Liz Lemon (their dog), both of whom are the best, and you will regret challenging him at Smash Bros.