Dying for your real, first look at the Prince of Persia film currently in production?  Well, you’ll have to wait a bit longer.  However, the above image shows a behind-the-scenes shot of actor Jake Gyllenhaal in the titular role.

He’s looking very Warrior Within, the second in the game series.  No idea what that means for the story, but hopefully it will turn out better than that game did.  Otherwise, he seems to have the look down and so far looks an excellent pick.  It will be interesting to see how the buzz develops around this one as it nears its 2010 release date.

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Dying for your real, first look at the Prince of Persia film currently in production?  Well, you’ll have to wait a bit longer.  However, the above image shows a behind-the-scenes shot of actor Jake Gyllenhaal in the titular role.

He’s looking very Warrior Within, the second in the game series.  No idea what that means for the story, but hopefully it will turn out better than that game did.  Otherwise, he seems to have the look down and so far looks an excellent pick.  It will be interesting to see how the buzz develops around this one as it nears its 2010 release date.

There’s nothing wrong with obsession, except when it leads to stalking some actress outside of her Beverly Hills mansion every night.  Otherwise, though, obsession channeled in the right direction can lead to cool things like a working Lego version of the arcade classic Donkey Kong.  Take that Calvin Klein.

This monstrosity, built by Dan Kressin, even features a radio controlled jumping Mario.  What kid wouldn’t have wanted this back in the 80s–or now, for that matter?  Finally, you can have something the kid from Silver Spoons didn’t.  Below is a video detailing the workings of the system.

There’s a new video out that showcases the Xbox 360’s new install feature.  Essentially, it allows you to copy the entire game disc over to your hard drive and play it, one would presume, with less load time.  Of course, all of this is still dependent on the fall dashboard update.

The feature looks like it was implemented simply enough, and that’s a good thing.  The bad thing is the hard drive space.  The Xbox 360 has serious issues with hard drive space if they expect people to install games, download movies, buy XBLA titles, and more.  Even the 120 GB drive will seem limited to some, and overpriced to all.  One wonders if Microsoft has a solution for these problems in the pipes, as well.  Perhaps cheaper hard drives, or the ability to connect external drives via USB?  We shall see.

Actually, we can’t be sure how much of this is in game or not, but it certainly is showing off more than the infamous crying trailer.  You get a couple of quick glimpses of one level (a neighborhood in the rain, who’d have guessed?) and some shots of the team modeling characters.  And yes, it’s still as graphically impressive as it ever was.

The intriguing part of Heavy Rain, however, is its legacy.  The same team who made Indigo Prophecy is working on this, too.  Their games have in the past shown a desire to break free from the normal confines of gaming and try something new.  Heavy Rain looks to follow in that tradition.  While many might have shed a tear at Final Fantasy VII’s shocking twist (you know which one), it appears Heavy Rain might be the first title to truly carry emotional weight that lingers with its audience.  Well, that’s both the hype and the hope.