So, the fan mechanism churns and we have screenshots of the new cel shaded Prince of Persia, dubbed Prodigy by the rumor mill mice. I have to admit, it looks gorgeous. Despite the fact that Two Thrones was (as much of an apology letter to people who hated Warrior Within that it was) only just decent with the brilliance shining every now and then only, I still have love for the last PoP trilogy, mostly for what they did with the Prince’s parkour movements, puzzle solving, and the overall glow they added to the gameplay.

It was a definitive game of that generation, one that is in many ways responsible for the way many developers looked at their platform adventures and gave us increasingly cool platformers.

This one looks like it is going to be the new benchmark, at least as far as the looks are concerned. I mean looky. Let’s hope they nail the gameplay balance.

So the gamers of the world are at least a more concentrated bunch than Korean pop fanboys. And thank your Mario stars for that, because it was neck and neck, really.

Image courtesy Businessweek.
See, Time just release their most influential person of the year poll results, and from when I voted, Shigeru Miyamoto was at 58, trailing behind Koren pop sensation, Rain. According to the poll:

Shigeru Miyamoto! The video game designer had almost 2 million votes, over 300,000 more than runner-up, Rain. After a tight race at the top, Stephen Colbert came in third place with close to 900,000 votes.

Well, phew and all that Rain didn’t finish first. First he is pop star who sings in Korean, and wears sexually questionable clothes. Second, he is called Rain. Man. Colbert has always been meh to me; I rather prefer the Stewart brand of humor more than his loud style.

You will first go and watch the new Dark Knight trailer. Then you will watch this:

Now you shall say squee.

I don’t think it’s particularly awe-inspiring. Doesn’t use Ed Norton to do anything much, you know. However, after emo-hulk from Ang Lee, this one looks very much bad ass in the action department. Two huge monsters going at it in the middle of a street. Yep, buying tickets.

This is hilarious any which way you see it.

And this may seem cute or something to you, but is better than any of the past episodes of Star Wars, heck all of them put together are “non-exciting”