Real first-person parkour to make Faith blush

by Richard Mitchell { Apr 17th 2009 at 7:00PM }

Fans of the first-person parkour simulator Mirror's Edge are bound to enjoy this video discovered by the BBPS (embedded after the break). In the video, you'll see a very talented man perform all kinds of parkour antics, all shot from a first-person viewpoint. He even managed to find some surprisingly colorful surroundings to make it feel more like the game. It's all very impressive until around 2:05 into the video, at which point we realized it was filmed by a wizard.

To think such a powerful man would waste his time making silly videos.

[Via The BBPS]

Tags: dice, ea, electronic-arts, mirrors-edge

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

The Dark Wayne @ Apr 17th 2009 7:04PM

is that what faith looks like in the game?

unfriendly_cat @ Apr 17th 2009 9:07PM

No, I think it's this stupid thing:
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/26/mirrors-edge-dev-bummed-over-curvier-faith/

WiredKnight @ Apr 17th 2009 11:53PM

_slightly_ larger breasts.

mgsrocks1 @ Apr 18th 2009 5:35AM

Yep.

Roofie @ Apr 17th 2009 7:08PM

Wow, this is remarkably similar to Mirror's Edge! It brought me back to all of the skateboarding that I did in that game.

Miles @ Apr 17th 2009 7:12PM

It reminded me of how when I run, I'm constantly staring at my feet.

wicko @ Apr 17th 2009 7:30PM

Oh wow you can do that too? Oh wait..

NoughtSoClever @ Apr 17th 2009 7:33PM

My favorite parts of ME was definitely the dice stacking mini games and using the card boomerang...but seriously, pretty great vid.

SimbaDogg @ Apr 17th 2009 8:15PM

i dunno bout u guys, but i happened to love the wizardry at the 2:05 mark. i thought it epic haha.

rohan @ Apr 17th 2009 7:11PM

dam he got skills, i like the bicycle part

Orex @ Apr 17th 2009 7:13PM

Awsome lol, whats even better is he has the cam in one hand, i thought he would have had it attached to his head or somthing.

WiredKnight @ Apr 18th 2009 12:07AM

If it was attached to his head, it'd be a lot more difficult to roll properly.

Jerk Face @ Apr 18th 2009 3:25PM

Exactly my thoughts! It makes it more impressive that he's doing that stuff one handed, and unable to use the other to balance!

007craft @ Apr 17th 2009 7:14PM

Whats hes doing is not that impressive. Whats impressive is that hes doing it all while holding a camera (you can see his shadow holding it). Wow.

BTW joystiq, Im not trying to be a negative nelly but this is stricktly free running, not parkour.

Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Apr 17th 2009 7:54PM

The difference being that Parkour is less about practicality of getting from place to place ASAP, than it is about generally looking classy and doing backflips, correct?

cloud858rk @ Apr 17th 2009 8:35PM

"Parkour as a discipline emphasizes efficiency, whilst free running embodies complete freedom of movement — and includes many acrobatic maneuvers."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_running

Nytemare @ Apr 17th 2009 7:15PM

If he was trying to copy Mirror's Edge he did do it well for the running parts, but why did he not realize that magic + bikes + skateboards didn't fit?

Mazrael @ Apr 17th 2009 9:22PM

Why wasn't he being shot at? no attack chopper either, taking several bullets is his ass, but KO'd in 2 punches..? don't know what version he played, but the Mirrors Edge I did was an 'acrobatic shooter' beyond the training level. not free running or parkour..

Spartan @ Apr 17th 2009 7:16PM

there goes my argument that we all put our pants on one leg at a time.

mr mobius @ Apr 17th 2009 7:17PM

Where is the dot dammit! Sore head!

NoughtSoClever @ Apr 17th 2009 7:34PM

I know...I totally barfed.

Ekon @ Apr 17th 2009 7:22PM

He did all that, One handed. . . PRO

Silverfox007 @ Apr 17th 2009 10:35PM

i was just going to say that, he did all that while recording with one had, professional right here.

Einhanderkiller @ Apr 18th 2009 2:14AM

That's what she said?

ekon @ Apr 18th 2009 3:56AM

Hahaha nice one

Swagman @ Apr 17th 2009 7:21PM

Not bad considering he did everything while holding the camera in one hand.

Like to see what he can do, if he can find a way to mount the camera, freeing up both hands to parkour with. Maybe a helmet-mounted cam or something.

Oh and the thing with the dice, was pretty cool, too.

Bug Hunter @ Apr 17th 2009 7:25PM

He's a witch burn him!

arrness @ Apr 18th 2009 1:16AM

sorry for asking but...

why is he a wizard?

i keep watching 2:05 and don't see anything special except the running on walls

is that it?

MidnightPlatinum @ Apr 19th 2009 3:05AM

So, you're just saying you need something more than running on walls? Greedy bastard.

What will enlighten you is this... find a corner and try to do that.

Bug Hunter @ Apr 19th 2009 7:49PM

He's doing magic tricks around that time, and he turned me into a newt.

MystileArmor @ Apr 17th 2009 7:26PM

Is that who I think it is?

Rodney Mullen?

MystileArmor @ Apr 17th 2009 7:29PM

..aaand then the end of the video came and it wasn't rodney mullen.
That's some impressive stuff.

xdrewfacex @ Apr 19th 2009 3:36PM

haha, i thought the same thing when i saw the one skateboard trick he did.

InFaMoUs1- @ Apr 17th 2009 7:27PM

I just got a heavy dose of motion sickness by just watching that ugh

BunnySlapper @ Apr 17th 2009 7:30PM

Pfft, no one was even shooting at him.

B-

KingOfHearts @ Apr 17th 2009 7:30PM

Nothing turned red. He doesnt have "Runner Vision".
He's a fake!

Godstine @ Apr 17th 2009 8:49PM

He's playing on hard mode.

Kamizar @ Apr 17th 2009 7:37PM

I saw the word wizard and came running.

MuToiD_MaN @ Apr 17th 2009 8:48PM

So you were running when you read it and ... came ... ? D:

Killiam XXIII @ Apr 17th 2009 7:40PM

I can do the same thing, just give me some Lysergic acid diethylamide and a camera.

SecretAgentHam @ Apr 17th 2009 7:52PM

OMFG

joebootoo @ Apr 17th 2009 7:54PM

Gasworks Park, Grasslawn Park, Convention Center, Waterfront... What is, Seattle Alex?

Clinton @ Apr 17th 2009 7:54PM

aye that bicycle part was fresh and he did all that with one hand

Ethan @ Apr 17th 2009 7:56PM

He can teleport too!

Marrvia @ Apr 17th 2009 7:59PM

This is not THAT impressive when you consider that he only does about 10 seconds worth of tricks at a time and then edits the whole thing together. And there is probably a lot of retakes in there. But the card and dice thing is good though, but that is probably trick photography.

MuToiD_MaN @ Apr 17th 2009 8:58PM

There are lots of people who can do this sort of thing.

ill trooper @ Apr 17th 2009 8:13PM

Ghost-ride that whip! And of course he's into dice-stacking and card tricks too, he's got that 'Man on Wire' vibe happening - including the 'film yourself so others can appreciate how awesome you are' ego thing. Cool video. I was surprised to see that he hand-held a camera, rather than used some sort of apparatus, that's amazing.