Video: Prince Of Persia Butchered In "Life"
In order to pass the time on the road, I often find myself downloading and watching TV shows whilst I slave away at processing photos on my laptop. I've come to realize that I have a particular weakness for strange crime dramas, so Dexter and Life are two series that I particularly enjoy. This footage was taken from the most recent episode of Life; the episode follows the investigation around what appears to be a hate crime against some Persian college students and then it's revealed that (dun dun DAH) they were selling drugs. Apparently, for some reason, one of the drug dealers kept his records hidden in a drug-addled modified version of Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (presumably this game was used because of the Middle Eastern victims).
Now, here's the funny part: in order to access the Excel files containing all the records of drug-trafficking and cash locations, it seems that players have to reach "level 10". One would think keeping such information on a separate flash drive or something similar would make more sense in case one needed speedy access, but whatever. Anyway, the police figure this out through some bizarre leap of logic, and then it turns out that computer technician in the department really sucks at the game (which is apparently so exciting that an entire crowd forms around him to cheer him on as he plays). The drug dealer's sister, though, is seen watching and playing along on an invisible controller, so she's led into the room and proceeds to whoop ass as The Prince and his counterpart.
The only good thing about this video sequence? It shows that women can be better gamers than men. Everything else in this bit is just idiotic. I was especially insulted by the fact that the technician bragged about how he could beat the game because he still lived with his mother and owned a Captain Kirk costume.
I seriously hope Ubisoft didn't give their approval for the game to be misrepresented this way and sues the crap out of the show's producers.
Boy of Tomorrow
Posted to Video Games, Videos on 12 November 2007
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Oh my wow that was idiotic. In addition to it being totally unrealistic, the montage was right out of an 80's movie. My brain interspliced images of Teen Witch spinning around in her pink and denim pop star outfit.
Wow. That really is the gayest thing I've seen all week. And believe me, I've seen some super gay stuff.
you don't actually hope that they sue them, do you? i mean, yes, it's quite stupid, but come on...
think about it for a second. like, a second.
The Wizard did this so much better.
OMG, did someone just mention Teen Witch? Incredible hidden gem of the 80's! :high-five to Matt:
"you don't actually hope that they sue them, do you? i mean, yes, it's quite stupid, but come on..."
+1
Also, "there's no such thing as bad publicity". A stupid plot, mind you, but this is free advertising for Ubisoft.
Ubisoft paid for a 30 second ad in the Life timeslot. The appearance of the game in the show was deliberate product placement. I'm sure NBC was paid for the mention.
Hey, I always hide my secret data at the end of a hard game so I have to waste hours before I can get at it as opposed to, you know, using encryption. Now where are my spock ears?
That was cringe-inducing. Of course that didn't stop me from was yelling "sands of time!" when the guy killed the Prince.
Nice use of the "exotic" font cliche that is Papyrus as well.
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This clip makes me burn with rage. There are so many things wrong with it its incredible. Also for fucks sake can Arabs and Persians be shown in a damn TV show as normal people. Was that girl fucking autistic or something? why was she air playing the game? Also I'm 30 I live with my mom and have a kirk costume so shit yeah I can beat this game because all I do at home is touch myself and cry. Fucking fuck fuck assholes.
Are Persians allowed to play any games besides Prince of Persia? And when's the next "air analog stick" competition?