All Things Chill

Youtube link here. It’s late, but I thought I’d share some crazy footage of a new video game that’ll be released for the Xbox360 and the PS3. Apparently (and you can’t get more apparent that a video at the top of your post hee hee), Mirror’s Edge, a game by EA’s DICE division, is all about parkour -just like in the last 007 movie:

an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body.

While this is the first game of this nature, my friends can attest this is how I PLAY VIDEO GAMES. LOL. Back when we were playing Serious Sam (with invincibility and most cheats on), the games from the Halo series, and the many iterations of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6, I was ALWAYS in the front… not because I wanted to lead… because I have no patience just wanted to finish the level / game. If bullets only do “so much” damage, one could survive running through the firefights with pure abandon and come out unscathed… right? RIGHT?

So apparently, the world in Mirror’s Edge is scattered with color coded “hints” that can show the player the path towards the goal. Wiki has the deets:

In order to assist the player in creating these chains of moves, the game employs a system called “Runner Vision”, which derives its name from its purpose: to depict the environment the way a runner would see it, instantly recognizing escape routes. It is a highlighting system that emphasises environmental pieces useful for progression—like pipes, ramps, and enterable doors—with the colour red as Faith approaches, though it does not always indicate the best route.

Sounds cool. Now I can decide whether or not to slide under that gate or climb over that fence… something that I TOTALLY do on a daily basis. Or not. LOL.

W00p Parkour!

~Spec

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