A Buena Vista Games rep is giving a run down on how to slice skeletons, sail ships and adjust pirate nostril height. The upcoming MMORPG Pirates of the Caribbean sets sail in 2007 and offers standard features like custom avatars, guilds and raiding, but lets folks play along along side characters from the movie like Jack Sparrow. The goal? Become the most infamous pirate in the Caribbean.

"The game is for everyone," a Buena Vista rep says over my shoulder. The downloadable title can run on low spec PCs, making the game a broad as possible. "It's really because the movie appeals to so many people," says Buena Vista's Petrina Walker. Well, it is Disney...

There's also a cell phone version. I'm taken in the back to a blue room with small white chairs. Ricci Rukavina, a develop from Buena Vista mobile, pulls out a small clam-set to show the phone Pirates game.

With clean graphics, it's a straight forward pick-up-and-play. Just three clicks and players are ready to set sail. There are guild forming, chat and 16 multi-player online play. "We've realized that everyone has cell phones in their pockets so let's create a short experience," says Rukavina.

Back at the PC demo, I'm watching a pirate racing around empty streets. Buena Vista says the online version will obviously feature more and also offer player matching that links online players with others interested in the same missions. The attacks are all timing based, and there are three weapons available for swashbuckling: a sword, a pistol and voodoo.

"Nothing in the game is final," notes Buena Vista's Petrina Walker. Nothing ever is.

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