The Prank House

[weekender]

I can't decide if this is awesome or not.

Website:

http://prankhouse.com/

YouTube thing trying to get people to go in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAtPN1Fgk1s

Wow, it's so zany.

Outraged Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1317614/Prank-House-Online-reality-viewers-pay-control-contestants.html

So basically, you pay money to potentially get to hurt people in a house in California.  Is this the greatest idea ever, or perhaps an indictment on society?  Perhaps you think it's satirical in some way?  Or a way for idiots to get on YouTube and try and make money?  Who knows.  I certainly don't.

If you click 'Teams' from the main webpage, you get to see the Facebook link that people are commenting on.  I like Jeff's succinct analysis:

ctfxc shaycarl corey videl olgakay householdhacker FTW!!!

Thanks Jeff.

Any of you other bored people want to see if this goes anywhere? 

[Uncle TechTip]

Does it check out? Only I'm immediately reminded of this: http://www.postchronicle.com/blog/9-women-lured-by-fake-reality-tv-show-photo/

If there's no recognisable TV company behind this then I'm very sceptical.  Otherwise who would bother? Especially when I see some proceeds are going to charity.

Interestingly, only two articles about this can be found on Google News, both by Associated Newspapers titles.