Smelly Xbox ogre steals limelight

A flatulent green ogre stole the limelight at Microsoft's annual pitch to Wall St analysts. In the first public showing of one exclusive Xbox title, Microsoft games evangelist Seamus Blackley played Shrek, a game based on the hit animated movie from DreamWorks studios.

Startling the audience of 300 analysts, Mr Blackley showed how players controlling the grumpy green ogre would accomplish missions by stunning their enemies with flatulence. By eating spicy peppers, Shrek can also emit fiery belches, which when combined with the flatulence can produce a gastrointestinal weapon of considerable power.