Thursday 24 July 2008

Hey! Presto!

I saw Wall-E last night (amazing), but the short beforehand reminded me of something. In Presto, a magician has two hats, and what goes into one exits the other. In attempting to entice his resistant rabbit on-stage with the hats, physics-bending hilarity ensues.

They've played Portal. It's not really that much like Portal: more of a Looney Tunes cartoon using the same idea. I'm more impressed with how Pixar have taken a cue from a game. It's promising that such a high-profile animation syudio draws on a game for inspiration - on a game mechanic for inspiration.

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