Desperate Housewives to despair on PCs
by Dan Choi 
{ Mar 27th 2006 at 11:27AM }
If all goes according to
plan, fans of the desperate housewives on Wisteria Lane will be able to live out their soap opera dreams on their PCs
before the TV show's canceled.Disney (which owns the ABC television network that distributes Desperate Housewives in the States) has set its Buena Vista Games division to publish a PC-based adaptation of the sudsy Sunday-night staple this fall.
While negotiations are underway to secure additional cast members to represent themselves in-game (they've only gotten the deceased housewife narrator on-board so far), we hope this license works out better than the recent video game adaptations such as 24: The Game, Alias, and Dark Angel (where the DA game actually came out after the show was canceled). The screenshots revealed seem to display more suburban architecture than gameplay, but the game will involve taking on the role of a new neighboring housewife. It has not been disclosed, however, whether you can take prisoners in your basement as of yet.
[Thanks, riffgod, bandersnatch, Nick, & GunForHire; via Yahoo! & the BBC]
See also:
- Mark Green discusses 24: The Game
- Metacritic metascore for 24: The Game (on the PS2): 61 out of 100
- Metacritic metascore for Alias (on the PC): 55 out of 100
- Metacritic metascore for Dark Angel (on the PS2): 48 out of 100
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32_Footsteps @ Mar 27th 2006 11:50AM
I'm imagining it now - The Sims with social issues. It might be worth playing if they include a "catfight" button.
Josh @ Mar 27th 2006 11:53AM
Finally! I've been waiting so long for some good competition for the Law and Order games. Maybe with Desperate housewives on the shelves the industry will finally see the need that exists for the seriously neglected day time soaps genre.
Chris @ Mar 27th 2006 12:14PM
Morning interview.
9:05am
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Jerk 1: "we need a new game"
Jerk 2: "ok, i got nothing"
Jerk 1: "what about that game where you play as people"
Jerk 2: "24?"
Jerk 1: "no, the sims"
Jerk 2: "yeah, lets just rip that idea off... were cool"
Jerk 1: "yes we are"
Jerk 2: "but what should be base it on"
Jerk 1: "what about that TV show about middle age women"
Jerk 2: "sweeeeet"
Jerk 1: "happy?"
Jerk 2: "yeah... that was easy"
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9:07am
terry @ Mar 27th 2006 1:38PM
24 was a great game! If you like the show. I'd say 24 is the best tv or movie game ever. It does the best job of putting you in the role of the characters, adding to the mythos, and giving you the experience of living the in world of the show. Plus no voices were done by people not on the show...everyone showed up to do it.
Ryuukuro @ Mar 27th 2006 2:13PM
If they mess this up it could be coveted in terms of both amazingly bad games and in terms of kitschy memorabilia.
But if they do this right and do more than just a Sims clone or a trivia game then it could be truly revolutionary.
I love Desperate Housewives so I hope they do a good job with this. Really, I hope they try something that hasn't been done before.
Thatguy @ Mar 27th 2006 10:16PM
What audience are the makers of this game targeting?
Why bother making a game about a TV show that has shown success if they did this for every show that has done succesful we'd have survivor: you've survived the boredom now survive the game, Two and a half men: when you can't quite afford 3, and Fox News: The game of the hit TV series.
By the way that was not a joke so don't pity me with your LOL.
Rich Jerk @ Dec 6th 2006 6:19AM
I wonder if they would soon be a desperate house wife web blog or even a desperate housewives MSN Messenger or something along those lines.
Rich Jerk @ Dec 6th 2006 3:49AM
I wonder if they would soon be a desperate house wife web blog or even a desperate housewives MSN Messenger or something along those lines.