The Sims + YouTube = The Sims On Stage
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Sep 5th 2007 at 6:49PM }
As if there wasn't enough worthless gibberish on the internet already, EA has seen fit to stick the gobbledygook speaking Sims down one of the internet's most popular tubes, YouTube. The Sims On Stage is essentially a Sims-branded (you might say Sim-ian) YouTube, with the added dangers of karaoke, video poetry and of course, The Sims content. You can thank / blame EA's acquisition of SingShot Media back in February if you want.
Of the many make-your-own-video features the beta site offers, encouraging users to squeal their way through "thousands" of available karaoke songs and upload the recorded results is by far the most terrifying. EA's press release assures us that it's all for the sake of expressing "creativity," a term we feel may have been confused with one meaning "penchant for torturing complete strangers." It's a penchant we share, since we've embedded one of the first obnoxiously loud creations to be spawned by the site after the break.
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gamernewz.net @ Sep 5th 2007 6:57PM
I can literally hear gleeful screaming. People will eat this up with a spoon. The Sims needed a good booster shot (or did they?)
LAZoftheTamarinds @ Sep 5th 2007 6:57PM
This is very strange to me. I thought the above video was boring I'd hate to imagine the others. But on the otherhand there might be some good stuff. Hope to see hoe well this turns out.
LAZoftheTamarinds @ Sep 5th 2007 7:04PM
My bad it's HOW not hoe. Hoe is a gardening tool.
LAZoftheTamarinds @ Sep 5th 2007 6:59PM
Fixd How not hoe. Hoe is a gardening tool! My bad.
accidental @ Sep 5th 2007 7:13PM
What!? It's not even interesting. I was expecting at least some motion capture not freaking stills. Booooooring.
Oh, and the air raid siren trying to sing Natasha Bedingfield really hurt the experience.
mr nimblewick @ Sep 5th 2007 7:14PM
I find it disturbing that this filed under "Culture."
GoldenS1104 @ Sep 5th 2007 7:20PM
Lol, the girl's voice made my dog run out of the room.
LAZoftheTamarinds @ Sep 5th 2007 7:21PM
I am sorry if I posted twice. I posted it once but didn't see it up and posted it again and now they both are on there? Sorry if I bothered any one.
required @ Sep 5th 2007 8:19PM
sorry doesn't cut it
sorry doesn't cut it
3cubed minus 3squared plus1 @ Sep 5th 2007 7:53PM
That was horrible.
mark donovan @ Sep 5th 2007 8:19PM
anyone else notice the two people getting it on behind the dancers on the couch?
"I love you I love you I looooooove youuuuuu"
*goes in search of gun to make the music stop playing in head
Rubang B @ Sep 5th 2007 8:31PM
I can't believe nobody mentioned this yet, but that worthless gibberish link was solid gold Ludwig.
Sesur @ Sep 5th 2007 9:37PM
Sweet baby Jesus, that was horrible. This entire concept disturbs me.
Quentin @ Sep 5th 2007 9:53PM
Does this has ANYTHING to do with the Sims 2? From the quick glance I did, I looks like another YouTube clone, only you can legally do karaoke, which I guess could be the equivalent of watching B-movies.
Taco_Hell @ Sep 5th 2007 10:39PM
My question is, how are The Sims even related to the site other than it being in the title? "OOH! WHEN YOU DO KARAOKE, THERES A SLIDE SHOW! AND SOME OF THE PICTURES ARE FROM THE SIMS 2!" If thats how its related to it....I may die a little inside.
baby sea tuna @ Sep 6th 2007 9:45AM
Yeah, I noticed this buyout yesterday when I logged into SingShot for the first time in a month or two. It used to just be an online karaoke site, which was actually pretty neat (if you're into that sort of thing)...now it's just a shill for that new Sims game. The content is still there though, and they can probably use some of that sweet EA money to buy more tracks (I mean, who heard of karaoke without Guns N Roses?!)