Buena Vista Games, Inc has revealed that it is developing a PC game based around hit TV series Desperate Housewives. Due out this Autumn the title will put players in control of a new wife moving into Wisteria Lane and becoming involved in all the usual intrigue. Apparently, players build their own in-game persona, chosing to be as nice or nasty as they like. Brenda Strong, the actress who voices the show's narrator, Mary Alice Young, has been brought aboard and negotiations are going on with other cast members.
The game's lead producer, Mary Schuyler, has told Reuters that - suprise, surprise - she hopes the Desperate Housewives title will be a hit with the show's female fans, converting some of them into gamers. Strangely though, the developer given the task of converting the TV show to PC is Liquid Entertainment, creator of heavyweight D&D strategy adventure, Dragonshard - I'm not sure how much of a role sex and gossip played in that title...
Well, anyway, this could be interesting if taken seriously. I'm imagining a cross between Silent Hill and the Sims...
Whatever happens, the concept has provoked a predictably downbeat response from gamers. The story can be found linked to on Digg, under the header, "This could be the worst videogame ever". A bit harsh, non?
