THE SIMS SPARK’D 11 p.m. on TBS. The Sims became one of the most successful video game franchises of all time by offering a frisky simulation of real life, where players control a dollhouse-like world of digital people who do housework, date and, on occasion, croak in the backyard swimming pool (if their keyboard-wielding overlord so desires). The game takes a step toward the real world in this new reality series, where players of the Sims compete for prize money. “Being able to play with family dynamics and sexual dynamics, it’s made to explore the boundaries of you in a way that’s really beautiful,” one of the show’s judges, Tayla Parx, said of the game in a recent interview with The New York Times. “The worst that can happen is you rebuild again if you don’t like it.”

Source: New York Times July 17, 2020 04:52 UTC