Abnormal Mapping 70: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

We head into the distant past and the world of legend this month
to discuss one of the critical darlings of the early 00s and its
filmic adaptation. What does it mean to re-envision a game before
retro throwbacks? How influential can one game be to the idea of
cinematic narrative experiences in this space? And most
importantly, how can they ruin it trying to turn a video game
into the next Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise?


All this and more as we gather round one young man and the story
he wants to tell us about what it means to live and love in an
age of magic. It should be a good story, but he keeps talking
about how he dies over and over and then saying it's not actually
part of the story. He's a bad storyteller.


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Things Discussed: Game of the Year, Sonic Lost
World, biscuits vs cookies, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Novel Not
New, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003), Jordan Mechner's
original footage for the animation of Prince of Persia, the
GameSpot video review of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the
Resident Evil films, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)


This Month's Game Club: Prince of Persia: The
Sands of Time


Next Month's Game Club: Thumper, Rez Infinite,
NES Remix


Music This Episode
Blown Away by Kevin McLeod
Introducing the Prince by Stuart Chatwood
The Sands of Time by Harry Gregson-Williams
Mario 64 Title Theme by Koji Kondo
The House of the Rising Sun by Wilbert Eckhart und seine
Volksmusik Stars