Virtual Thought

Help me for I am in Hell.

Apparently the Media Powers that Be think an O.C. video game is a good idea. Taken from the CNN writeup:

The style of play is similar to reality-simulation titles like “The Sims,” allowing fans of the show to explore the “O.C.” universe by dressing to impress, joining the right cliques, dating the right people and striving to fit into the ultra-trendy community, [Gameloft president Michel] Guillemot said.

The emphasis is mine. Seriously, now, WTF? Not only do we have girls with body image problems in real life (thank you Tina Fey for accusing Lindsay Lohan of having Mischa Barton arms) and an increasing number of people who feel as though high school is an alien landscape not meant for them but instead for an inimical species bent on their very destruction… but now it’s also attractively packaged, costs $50, and will, in all likelihood, have shitty gameplay?

Yeah, no thanks.

NB: I’m pretty sure a lot of my anger stems from the fact that this season of the O.C. really, really sucks.

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