Will Wright, creator of The Sims and several Sims-x games, is moving to TV, but he's leaving the writing of the show up to the viewers! Wright and partner, Albie Hecht (former president of Nickelodeon and Spike TV), are developing The Creation Project for Current TV, as well as accompanying software, StoryMaker Engine. The show will be plotted by viewers using the StoryMaker Engine, which runs on computer and mobile phones, then voted on by viewers; the plot with the most votes will be developed into two half-hour episodes.
The Creation Show is only the working title and there is no real information on the software, but what's even more confusing is the "two half-hour show" bit. I only watched Current now and then, largely because it had no schedule and most of it just seemed like home movies of kids doing... nothing, but that was at least 4-5 years ago. Still, "two half-hour shows" from one poll-voted plot sounds like they are either intentionally trying to be obtuse hipsters or are unintentionally being obtuse hipsters.
Current is a cable/satellite news network featuring user-generated content. It has something to do with Al Gore and at least some of its programming is available online (though, if it wants to truly be "hip," it would be simulcast online).
© C Harris Lynn, 2010
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