Suspiciously on the same day that an EA memo about allegedly crappy working conditions was released, Idle Thumbs has dug up some screenshots released by EA, showing how amazing EA titles will look in the future. Look up here! Look at the sock monkey!

Looking at the screenshots, two thoughts come to mind. 1) These look freakin’ amazing, and 2) We still can’t get skin to look right.

On the heels of our discussion here about the Uncanny Valley, it seems that Terranova has discovered that WoW looks amazing, even while its technology lags behind. A lot of that is because of the amazing consistency of their art, but again, don’t discount the fact that they chose stylized over realistic for their looks. Or put it another way: NFL Blitz 2005 will age a hell of a lot better than Madden 2005.