So I went and downloaded the Cinematic Trailer for Starcraft 2 (in addition to the gameplay video, which is just amazing, but not the point of this post), and watched it… I was suitably impressed right up until one minute and thirty-seven seconds in.
The basic idea of the scene is that they are “recruiting” (read “conscripting”) a new Terran Marine, and since the majority (all?) of the Marines come from the penal system, the Blizzard folks chose to show a prisoner being converted into a Marine. As he is suited up, and the various portions of his armor are permanently grafted (ouchies!) onto his already massive frame, a screen flashes to life with his various stats (and crimes), with his identifier number at the top.
Said identifier is “Inmate 626″. Am I the only one who finds this more than a little coincidentally amusing?
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