GigaGamez reports (via Wonderland) that the History Channel's ratings improved by 1/4 the week they chose to run a computer game to support the content of a documentary. From the post:
SHOOTOUT! chronicles famous shootouts in history from the perspective of both sides of the fight. This series examines the personalities, the weapons, the firepower and the leadership needed to defeat the enemy. Using 3-D animation sequences, audiences will experience the thick of battle from the points of view of the players themselves.
Of course, it's a war game/show and the comments hedge around readers' concerns that this will further inextricably link computer game simulation to real world violence.
OK then, which will be the first channel that'll tie in a soap opera with The Sims? Perhaps Channel 4 could (re)boost its popularity by offering a web version of Desperate Housewives the game off the back of the TV series?
Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), the divorcee and single mum who'll go to extraordinary lengths for love; Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), the ex-career woman who traded the boardroom for boredom, mixed with moments of sheer panic as the mother of four unmanageable kids...
...and then play the game! Brilliant.
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