Friday, March 03, 2006

Smoke and Mirrors

Smoke and Mirrors would make a great name for a computer game created by Penn & Teller... In fact, Penn & Teller did work on a game together called Smoke and Mirrors back in the '90's but it never saw the light of day --until recently. A bootleg version of the game is floating around the www. Of course it is!

Tantalizing -and dated looking- screenshots (update: link now disabled unless you register, sorry) from Smoke and Mirrors have been posted on Somethingawful.com. WAXY.org posted more information about the game (including a working torrent to download the bootleg), nifty links to things like the Absolute Entertainment press release and an audio excerpt (mp3 format - 2.5MB) from a recent podcast interview with Penn where he talks about Smoke and Mirrors (btw, you might want to check this out first).

I don't want to spoil the fun so listen to Penn describe what might have been one of the most eclectic, darkly funny and even cruel "games" ever inflicted on unsuspecting gamers!