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Excel on the Original Xbox?

Apparently so, according to this post:

...This footage was taken from the most recent episode of Life; the episode follows the investigation around what appears to be a hate crime against some Persian college students and then it's revealed that (dun dun DAH) they were selling drugs. Apparently, for some reason, one of the drug dealers kept his records hidden in a drug-addled modified version of Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (presumably this game was used because of the Middle Eastern victims).

Now, here's the funny part: in order to access the Excel files containing all the records of drug-trafficking and cash locations, it seems that players have to reach "level 10". One would think keeping such information on a separate flash drive or something similar would make more sense in case one needed speedy access, but whatever. Anyway, the police figure this out through some bizarre leap of logic, and then it turns out that computer technician in the department really sucks at the game (which is apparently so exciting that an entire crowd forms around him to cheer him on as he plays). The drug dealer's sister, though, is seen watching and playing along on an invisible controller, so she's led into the room and proceeds to whoop ass as The Prince and his counterpart.

This video should bring you to tears as well... whether of laughter or sorrow, I cannot say.

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Posted: Nov 12 2007, 10:52 AM by Ozymandias | 12 comments |
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Bruce said:

As I laugh with tears streaming down my face, I believe the truth to be that that scene belongs on CSI Miami. What every happened to the gesture controlled colourful mainframes of yester-year? As for product placement, couldn't they get MS to sponsor something with a wireless controller?

# November 12, 2007 11:13 AM

Mike said:

This is unfathomably stupid. They actually had to add fake level transitions to help the audience understand that progress is being made.

# November 12, 2007 12:43 PM

Pete said:

I watched the video before reading your entry on what it was about.  For the first few minutes I thought it was a new IBM advert or something  :)

# November 12, 2007 1:38 PM

Mark said:

How about the fact that the LAPD detectives actually do their own forensics on computers? They have specially trained detectives who do nearly all of their computer forensic exams...and by the way they do carry guns. Yeah otherwise, just another example of odd decision making. Prince of Persia 3? I am certain the people involved being Persian was a coincidence and the decision to add levels to the game was just silly. These shows make us just suspend belief.

# November 12, 2007 1:58 PM

James said:

That's not how it works!

Seriously, even if you haven't played the actual game, the superimposed messages are pretty clearly fake.

# November 12, 2007 2:37 PM

solidmercury said:

I once killed a man and stuffed his body in my Xbox 360 2, but the cops found his body when playing X-zite truck(TM) on my Xbox Living Arcade(TM) and his picture kept popping up, since his face was laying right on top of the graphics chip. Now I still make a living as a computer/videogame consultant for TV writers from my jail cell.

On the side I appear as an expert on local news stations.

True story.

# November 12, 2007 2:58 PM

Kypdurron5 said:

Wow, that's so sad!!  Are they trying to prove why we need to resolve the writer's strike?

# November 12, 2007 3:49 PM

Loraan said:

Too funny... actually, what's really funny to me is that this is basically the "hook" to the plot of the 1984 movie [url=www.imdb.com/.../tt0087065]Cloak and Dagger[/url]. Of course, in those days, it wasn't XBox, it was an Atari. Hmmm... was Dabney Coleman a guest star on this episode by any chance?

# November 12, 2007 4:29 PM

Xwar said:

At least it's not a 60 minutes long ad for Second Life, like a recent episode of CSI: NY was, recently. Ugh was that tough to watch.

And no, there's no "killing persians" in PoP:TTT. It's all about sand monsters and the like.

# November 12, 2007 5:28 PM

Wet Jimmy said:

Luckily (?) that show isn't aired in Australia.  Is it MEANT to be a comedy?

# November 12, 2007 8:39 PM

Nick Puleo said:

As funny as something like this is, it kind of makes me angry.

# November 13, 2007 5:05 AM

Patrick said:

PLEASE tell me.. this is a comedy show..

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.. email me or something.. i must know.

# November 15, 2007 6:51 AM