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The Daily Grind: From MMO to TV Show?

by Michael Zenke Sep 4th 2008 at 8:00AM

Filed under: Culture, MMO industry, The Daily Grind

So we've talked before about TV shows that you'd like to see as MMOs, and numerous times in our ongoing dialogue the connection between television and MMOs have been made. Just yesterday a new IP MMO was announced, bringing Buffy Summers to the world of XP and zoning. What we'd like to ask you about today is just the opposite. Though it sounds like Sci-Fi Channel is attempting to hybridize the two mediums, we know we'd love to see some TV shows based on our favorite MMOs. We'll throw out the gimme: wouldn't a World of Warcraft animated series be fantastic?

What would you like to see? An EQ-based comedy/drama? Maybe a Tabula Rasa war epic? Throw out your ideas for a TV show based on an MMO in the comments!

Tags: featured, opinion, tdg, television, the-daily-grind

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

9-04-2008 @ 8:54AM

mikejl said...

I like to see something like 'The Guild".. comedy based on things going on in and out of game.

9-04-2008 @ 9:54AM

InfamousBrad said...

A straight adaptation of a traditional MMO to a TV show, or vice versa, would be disastrous. We remember the good parts of MMOs, but what about the grind to get there? Is a WoW TV show going to show people grinding away for half an hour, 45 minutes, at the same mobs? Of course not, it'd make terrible television. So what happens to the person who picks up WoW because WoW TV looks cool? Aren't they going to be massively disillusioned when they find out that the game is so much duller than the TV show? Not to mention that they're not the star?

9-04-2008 @ 10:04AM

Case said...

I could totally see LOTRO as an epic movie, perhaps even a series of sweeping epic films.

9-04-2008 @ 10:33AM

Darb said...

Arg! You beat me to it!

9-04-2008 @ 1:33PM

crsh said...

It's probably the only one that could do this switch successfully.. Oh wait. :P

9-04-2008 @ 12:12PM

Naedre said...

I remember G4 doing something like that - they took in-screen game video of toons doing emotes of Second Life, DAoC and others to make a show. Similar to what those Red vs. Blue Halo Guys do. The name escapes me.

9-04-2008 @ 3:05PM

kaion said...

the show was called Portal, they need to release it on dvd

9-04-2008 @ 3:26PM

Myrix said...

I want to see a talk show hosted by Phinigel Autropos.

9-04-2008 @ 3:42PM

recursive said...

I could watch a Tabula Rasa-comedy. Oh my god, they killed Lord British!

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