We're resurfacing our Prince of Persia war story from last month to coincide with the release of PoP creator Jordan Mechner's book, The Making of Prince of Persia. If you missed the video last month, here's another chance to give it a look! And if you're interested in picking up a copy of Mechner's book, there's a link at the bottom of the piece.
I remember a lot of things about the summer of 1991 (like sneaking into the theater to watch Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead because my parents absolutely did not approve of movies that so clearly showed teenage disrespect for authority), but the thing I remember most about that summer is spending countless sun-dappled afternoon hours staring at a rotoscoped little dude on my computer screen as he died a million deaths. Sometimes he'd fall. Sometimes he'd be impaled by spikes. Sometimes he'd be chomped in half by giant steel jaws. And sometimes he'd collapse into a bleeding pile after crossing swords with pixellated bad guys.
It was, for me, the summer of Prince of Persia—and I was completely entranced.
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