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Movimientos frescos, Graficos con un estilo tipo Comic, la ayuda de un acompañante y todo eso, pero el Gameplay se ve tan refrito como en los anteriores. Solo queda esperar.

Ubisoft mostró en Leipzig un nuevo video del nuevo Prince of Persia, donde ahora podremos apreciar un poco el gameplay y algunos movimientos que podrá hacer el protagonista con ayuda de su compañera, sin contar algunas peleas.

La verdad es que luce muy bien con ese toque de cómic y seguramente servirá para refrescar un poco esta serie, que fue sobreexplotada en la generación pasada.

El nuevo estilo grafico del juego promete mucho en cuanto a calidad visual se refiere, pero no sabremos si este cambio la manera de jugar o los movimiento, el 18 de Noviembre es su fecha de salida.

The story is about an adventurous prince that with the help of a princess needs to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. This is after a dying Vizier has tricked the Prince to unleash the Sands of Time that destroyed a whole kingdom and transform its population into a ferocious demons. The prince and princess needs to return the sands to the hourglass by using the Dagger of Time, which gives him a limited control over the flow of time.

1) It's not Irrational[1] at the helm.

Development duties for the Bioshock sequels have been passed from Irrational to 2K Marin. On the face of it, this isn't a cause for too much alarm: franchises bounce around among development teams all the time. Bioshock is something of a unique case, though. Frankly, it wasn't a great shooter. It was a great game, which happened to have some reasonable FPS elements. The things that made Bioshock great would have made it just as great if it had been an adventure game, or a survival horror, or even a platformer.[2]

Bioshock, unlike the vast majority of mainstream games, had actual themes rather than just a plot: it made points and expressed views that could be applied just as well to the real world. Most games draw their influences from existing science fiction and fantasy, which always creates an experience that, no matter how engaging, is ultimately shallow. Really good science fiction and fantasy draws its influences from a wide range of sources, and that is exactly what Irrational did with Bioshock. It's plot and it's world were the result of a range of different philosophical, political and aesthetic schools of thought[3]. Even if you didn't get all the references, its hard to deny the power and vibrancy of the result.

Can a new dev team really capture this spirit? Short of putting them on a crash course of Sartre and Ayn Rand, it's hard to see how. But without that spirit, Bioshock 2 will be a hollow experience: it might look right, but it won't feel right.

2) Rapture is now a known quantity.

The city of Rapture itself was very much a character in Bioshock. There were new horrors and wonders around every corner, the constant juxtaposition of the familiar and the fantastic. A big part of the appeal of the game was exploring this underwater world, taking in its strange and terrible sights, and discovering its secrets.

You can't recapture that in a sequel. It's not that we can't be shown parts of Rapture that we've never seen before, indeed, I'm sure that's exactly what we will see. But we know what to expect from them now. That feeling of discovery, and of creeping horror as another laudable aspect of human endeavour is shown taken beyond the point of obsession, will be gone, and it's hard to see what can be put in its place.

3) The story seems likely to be cheapened by a sequel.

It's one of the unfortunate habits of games publishers to view any big budget release that doesn't set up a franchise that can be milked for at least three more titles as a waste of time. It's like the studio turning to Orson Welles after he'd just finished Citizen Kane and saying “That's great, Orson, how long 'till Citizen Kane II? Actually, subtitles are big these days. Let's call it Citizen Kane: Rosebud This! Awesome. Have it on my desk in six months.”

So much of Bioshock seems designed to stand alone. The whole first half of the game, for example, plays on the fact that you, as a player, unthinkingly follow the objectives set for you by the game, just as the character is unable to resist the commands given to him by Atlas. That trick, so central to the experience, can't be pulled again. Neither of the 'villains' can be bought back without cheapening the story. Ryan, in particular, dies proving a point about his conception of free will: he dies victorious, you, his killer, live on as his slave. If he pops up again in a puff of dues ex machina, that scene, perhaps the most powerful I've ever witnessed in a game, is rendered utterly hollow.

Even beyond that, both endings to Bioshock pretty much finish Rapture as a setting for future games. There's always the option for a prequel, of course, but again, a large part of the appeal of the first game is never quite knowing the whole story of what went on before your arrival.

It would be nice if we could get into the habit of celebrating developers, rather than particular franchises: that way we could applaud them for a great game, then look forward to seeing those talents applied to a new and unique project (although the upside of all this, of course, is that Irrational will be doing just that).

In other sequel news, the new Prince of Persia game is causing quite a stir at the moment. An open world sequel to the Prince of Persia franchise? Didn't Ubisoft already release that last year? Yes, I'm sure they did. It was called Assassin's Creed[4].

This warning was interpreted by the London Arabic daily Al Quds as a warning to Tehran that an attack is impending by the US, some European nations and Israel.

The article recalled the fate of Saddam Hussein “who didn't adequately refute claims over Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction.”

Tehran immediately responded to the warning by launching the Safir satellite carrier into orbit, thereby exhibiting a ballistic missile capable of reaching outside the Middle East, as far as Britain and France, should they decide to join an American attack on Iran, as well as US military installations on that continent.

Read more here:DEBKAfile

O executivo da Ubisoft, Alain Corre, disse em uma entrevista para a MCV, que planeja que a nova franquia de survival-horror, da Darkworks, I Am Alive, tenha seqüências.

“Sim, nós estamos considerando isso. Certamente, quando nós criamos uma franquia, é um processo a longo-prazo. Nós queremos manter isso e ter mais reiterações, porque é um grande investimento no começo para lançar," disse.

“Então é melhor quando você pode apostar em novas franquias nos próximos anos. Nós temos esperança de que I Am Alive seja outra franquia forte no nosso portfólio, junto com Prince of Persia ou Rayman Rabbids. É um novo bebê para nós - e nós temos grandes esperanças.”

O novo jogo de terror da Ubisoft, em parceria com a Darkworks, sai em 2009.

Braid, Geometry Wars 2, Bionic Commando, Galaga Legions, Castle Crashers... the lineup on Xbox Live Arcade this summer has been just insanely awesome. I find my Gamefly games getting shrugged off in favor of putting in another couple of hours of Geometry Wars - and I wonder "Yikes, am I ever going to find time to play retail games again?"

I've also been playing the Grimm games on Gametap, which I highly recommend! They're fantasticly colourful, the animations are great, and the gameplay is so simple that it's easy to play through an entire episode (takes under an hour) without even noticing the passing time. You can play the entire game with only your mouse, or only your keyboard, or a combination of both, but all three control schemes work equally well. It's the type of game that has you leaning your head on one hand, slouched in your computer chair with bloodshot eyes and a horrible backache. But hey, that means the game is pretty good, right? Plus, when each new episode comes out (weekly), it is free to play for the first 24 hours! So even non-paying Gametap users can experience these great episodes. Check them out on www.gametap.com, download the free Gametap player and support this awesome example of how episodic gaming should be done.

What I’m playing this weekend: Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 (I just can't quit...), Alone in the Dark, Burnout Paradise, Sega Superstars Tennis, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and Braid. I'm hoping that I'll like Alone in the Dark, because I've heard such mixed reviews for the game, and I was really looking forward to it. Also, the Braid official website says not to use a walkthrough, but I just don't know how I'm going to get some of these puzzle pieces without one...

Check out my half-decent Geometry Wars scores, and add me on Live! I need more people on my leaderboards to be playing Geo Wars so they can push me to boost my scores!

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PS. Lilly! Visst är han lik "minijake" du vet? Tydligare blir det inte.

Seguramente lo recuerden de peliculas (a lo Troy Mclure) como "el dia despues de mañana" o personificando a un cowboy gay en "secreto de la montaña" acompañando a nuestro querido y difunto Joker.

Bueno, lo cierto es que aca hay una imagen de el en el set vestido como el principe... Bastante bien hecho a mi criterio, esperemos que no sea una mierda como la momia.
Esta peli va a ver la luz en mayo de 2010.

PD: Con respecto a lo de los cambios en el blog tengan paciencia que estoy en eso... les va a gustar!!

Saludos!!

There are articles from 2007 about this! I'm wondering why in my countless hours of internet trawling I missed this, as Prince of Persia is one of my favourite games. For all my bitching and moaning about the Cowboy Bebop movie, I'm not thrilled about it to be sure, I'm trying to contain myself about seeing my favourite (perhaps second favourite if you count the prince from Katamari) prince up on the big screen. While Jake Gyllenhaal isn't the ideal person to be playing the prince because, well, he's not Persian. It could be worse, they could have picked Keanu. The leading lady who is apparently meant to be an exotic princess is not really very exotic looking. They should have picked one of the plethora of stunning Bollywood actresses to fill the role.

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Das wahre Übel in der Spiel-Film Beziehung hat sich jedoch erst in den letzten Jahren entwickelt: Filmumsetzungen von Spielen. Man braucht nur einen Namen zu nennen: Uwe Boll. Blood Rayne, Alone in the Dark, Postal, Dungeon Siege - allesamt schlechte Filme, die auf seine Kappe gehen. Vorallem um Alone in the Dark tut es mir Leid, habe ich diese Spielereihe doch geliebt (1-4). Sein nächstes Werk kommt auch bald in die Kinos: Far Cry mit Til Schweiger - wird bestimmt ein Kracher!

Auch früher gab es bereits Filmumsetzungen von Spielen, wer erinnert sich nich an Super Mario Bros. - der Film war sowas von nicht das, was man sich unter einem Mario Film vorstellen würde; viele Fans wurden enttäuscht. Heute hat man von Natur aus niedrige Erwartungen an Filme zu Spielen. Glücklicherweise gibt es Lichtblicke: Der Prince of Persia Film scheint vielversprechend, hat er doch mit Jake Gyllenhaal einen sehr guten Hauptdarsteller, mit Jerry Bruckheimer(Pirates of the Caribbean, The Rock) einen guten Produzenten und mit Mike Newell(Donnie Braso, Harry Potter 4) einen guter Reggiseur. Es gibt also noch Hoffnung unsere Spielehelden in guten Filmen auf der Leinwand zu bestaunen.

Ich hoffe, dass sich die Spiele Publisher und Entwickler es in Zukunft 2 mal überlegen, ob und an wen sie ihre Spielelizensen zum Verfilmen geben. Der Ruf ihrer Spiele steht schließlich mit auf dem Spiel!

Qualche novità si evince dalla trama. La storia sarà ambientata nel 6° secolo, dove il Principe Dastan di Persia unirà le proprie forze a quelle della principessa Tamina (Gemma Arterton) per impedire che un nobile cattivo si impossessi delle fatidiche Sabbie del Tempo, un dono degli Dei che consente al possessore di invertire il flusso del tempo dando al suo possessore il potere di governare il mondo intero. Da qui già si capisce qualcosa: non si sa perchè la principessa indiana Fara, quella del videogioco originale, sia diventata Tamina, nè tantomeno si sa nulla sull'eventuale presenza del Pugnale del Tempo, lo strumento che consentiva al Principe di usare le Sabbie.

Nel cast spuntano anche Ben Kingsley e Alfred Molina, attori di tutto rispetto. La location delle riprese è il Marocco. A parte queste foto, ancora non si sa nulla. Speriamo che sia un bel lavoro: abbiamo ancora parecchio tempo per valutarlo! A chi può interessare, c'è un sito non ufficiale dedicato al film: http://persia.moviechronicles.com/

Gyllenhaal takes the role of Dastan, a young prince (in Persia) who joins forces with Tamina (Gemma Arterton) to stop baddie Ben Kingsley from possessing the Sands of Time.

The film is being filmed in Morocco and is being directed by Mike Newell who also did Donnie Brasco and the forth Harry Potter movie.

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Source - CVG

I know, I know... what did I expect?

So far, I love my new face wash. When I put the stuff on, I actually felt it working. It uses natural ingredients, too. And when I woke up, my face still felt good and clean. Here's to hoping it will keep the breakout's away as well. Btw, any who are curious...it's called Dermitologica. I don't know why any time I try to tell anyone about it, I can't seem to pronounce the name but when I just said it aloud to myself yesterday it came out just fine.

Joseph Mallozzi just reviewed two books on his blog. I thought about letting these be the books I am going to go buy this week but decided against it. It sounds interesting. Sci fi romance. But the more detail he got into it, the more I didn't think I'd enjoy it. The first one, sure, I would probably get into. Her and her dashingly handsome enemy are stuck on an island or planet or something. But the second one is all political upheaval and stuff. Which while it can be interesting, most of the time it's not. To me that is. And there is already SO much political around that my tolerance for it is at an all time low at the moment. So I'm back to square one.

Whoever thought the name Brad Pitt would equal hotness? Well, it has. Twice. Meet Brad Pitt, Australian Olympian. Though, could People have picked a worse picture to put of actor Brad? He looks sickly. In related news, Angelina might be playing Catwoman in one of the Batman movies. Which would be hot. I am a huge fan of Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman but I think Angie could do the sexy psychotic thing very well too. Though I'm pretty sure no one will be able to compare to Heath Ledger's Joker. Ever.

So, I can't smell. The technical term is that I have anosmia, but no one knows the technical term so yeah. Anyway, I go home for lunch today and I get this god awful taste in my mouth. Sometimes when something smells really bad, I can taste it. This has to be the worst case of such a thing as I have ever had. I began wondering whether somebody had put a whopping heap of invisable manure on my lawn. Well this horrible taste follows me all the way into my apartment. There's this condition called 'phantom smells' that I've heard about and I thought, 'What if that's what's happened to me? Maybe I'm starting to smell after, oh, 21 years, and it's this phantom smell that I get.' Phantom smells are when a person smells something that isn't really there but they smell it for long periods of time. And then I thought, 'What if there is some kind of gas leak and that's what I'm tasting?' I'm alone so it's not like I can just ask someone if we're about to die. Stupid fool that I am, I decide to not worry about it and continue making lunch. Soon enough, the phantom taste went away and I carried about my lunch as normal. So I guess it wasn't a gas leak. Either that or I'm superhuman and just didn't know it til now.

Is it weird that I think Jake Gyllenhaal looks funny like that? Maybe it's the hair that just throws him into a cross between HeMan and George of the Jungle for me. And next to little itty bitty Reese, he really just seems even bigger. He's not even extremely big buff like Vin Diesel or something but he just looks too bulky for him. I'm just used to Jake being lean and puppy dog adorable. Not 'I am Man. I squash you like little bug you are.'

Somewhere in the ending hours of work today, I got a headache. The kind that starts at the base of the neck and works its way up. Drugs don't work for these headaches. Sleep does the trick when it hasn't quite crossed into the 'explosion in T minus 10 seconds' area yet. So nap taking I did. For about two hours. It dulled it a little. For a while at least. But it's coming back and I don't want to go back to bed yet. D'oh!

I've been extremely bored the last few days. I don't actually get bored that easily so when I do it's even more unsettling. I think the reason for my boredom is because I haven't been writing. Or reading much. Which I normally do a lot of. I've gotten into a writing funk that I'm not ready to pull myself out of yet and there hasn't been much to read online. Still need to go gets me a book. Tomorrow. No excuses, Jules. Unless you have another headache. Then, you're given exemption cuz headaches really blow. How my sister ever agreed to have sex with her husband when she had a migraine is beyond me. Too much information? Probably. Welcome to the family.

I'm kind of shocked with how little I have to say today. I didn't think I'd be good at this blogging thing but until today it's been like opened floodgates with this thing. Today, not so much. Hopefully it won't be a recurring habit.

To end today's post, I'll add my favorite youtube babies laughing videos.

And finally a political speech I actually enjoy:

Surgiram umas fotinhas do set de filmagem da adaptação Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, para as telonas. Muita gente tava discrente sobre o perfil “franzino brokeback mountain” de Jake Gyllenhaal como o príncipe Dastan, mas como eu sempre digo, nada que dois meses de anabolizantes em Hollywood não resolvam.

Saca só!

Independente disso, acredito numa super produção, e Prince of Persia tem tudo para ser uma grande série de filmes.

Confira mais fotos do set aqui. Prince of Persia estréia em 28 de maio de 2010.

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