I’ve never particularly understood all the love The Princess Bride gets. I guess it’s fun enough in that post modern, lets-dissect-a-fairy-tale sort of way. Maybe if I actually sat down and watched the thing from beginning to end, something I’ve yet to do despite the amount of airtime the movie gets on AMC, I’d finally understand what all the praise is about.

Yesterday WorldWide Biggies, an unfortunately named company that produces flash games, webisodes, and “gametoons,” announced that a demo for its upcoming download-only True Love and High Adventure: The Official Princess Bride Game would appear on the fourth DVD version of the film. Given the “developer’s” track record, the game is almost certainly little more than a simple flash affair, so it should have no problem living up to the low standards set by Scarface, Reservoir Dogs, Heat, or any other of the movies that have no business being video games. Thankfully, Majesco aborted the Taxi Driver game last year, saving Jodie Foster the humiliation of staring in a terrible video game until the inevitable Silence of the Lambs survival horror title hits the Xbox 720.

Game demos for video games nobody asked for aside, this newest DVD release of The Princess Bride at least has a completely awesome cover. In fact, I’m half-tempted to buy the DVD based on the novelty of the cover alone. I figure I could get two hours worth of entertainment from the film itself, several more from whatever special features are present on the disc, and a few weeks worth of joy from twisting and turning the case in my hands. Seriously, it’s rad.

I haven’t been this tempted to buy a product based on its box alone since Kororinpa, and in this case I actually own a device capable of reading the discs inside the packaging.