Ease PS3 wait with this film

The first three-minute wonder created in order to showcase the PS3's myriad abilities

In light of the news that we won't be getting the PlayStation 3 until next March, the arrival of six short films commissioned by Sony to explain and extol various aspects of the PS3 now seem a touch premature. But nevertheless, the short films have been made and are being aired: and we are providing the first one for your perusal.

Entitled Real-Time, the three-minute epic created by TBWA London's offshoot Stream features young London amateur boxer (and Olympic hopeful) Bradley Skeet, as he heads to the gym, using the contrast between pummelling punchbags and sparring against real-life opponents to highlight the idea that AI characters in PS3 games will be able to produce real-time, rather than scripted, responses. The end of the film also sports a clip of Resistance: Fall of Man.

Five other short films have been made, using subjects such as obsessive collectors, the children's craze of speed-stacking, BMX trick-riding and a behind-the-scenes look at the special effects in Peter Jackson's King Kong in order to get their messages across. Sony will be premiering the films on its new official European website and will also apparently put them on YouTube and MySpace. That is, if you can bring yourself to watch them during the agonising wait for the PlayStation 3's launch.

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