NBC’s now-cancelled show “Life” seems to have had a tenuous grasp on the concept of video games, computers, and crime. In this hard hitting episode, a drug dealer hid all his top secret drug dealing spreadsheets inside his copy of Prince of Persia, and the only way to access his crime Quickbookz, is by beating the game. I remember seeing this when it came out, but it took me forever to finally find it. Apparently the network doesn’t want you to see it — either because of copyright issues or embarrassment. I’d like to think both, but for a channel that airs something like 9 different iterations of Law & Order — each more inane than the previous — I’m pretty sure embarrassment isn’t something they feel anymore. Check out the video:
So what have we learned?
- It is possible to hide files inside a video game that you purchase because your Xbox is just “a hard drive with games on it”
- If you’re a detective trying to get said files, it helps to have a “Rain Man”-esque autistic girl who can pantomime those super-secret file unlocking moves on her invisible controller.
- Prince of Persia has levels
- There’s something totally hilarious and sad about watching actors trying to give a believable performance centered around this nonsensical bullshit. Really, they should have gotten Emmys.
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Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones might not have levels, but the first two games definitely did. The original PoP, first published in 1989 for the Apple II, had 12 levels (not counting the “potion level,” which served as copy protection, and the “princess level,” which could be beaten just by running to the left). PoP 2: The Shadow and the Flame had 15 levels. (Levels 2 and 14 were tiny, but still not as trivial as the “potion” and “princess” levels.