The Last Guy
link Friday 1st of August, 2008
File under 'cool; also mental' — a flash 'preview' site for new PSN human-saving simulator The Last Guy. That video should tell you everything you need to know about the game — namely, that you roam around Google Maps rescuing screaming citizens from the end of the world, whilst listening to a cross between Popcorn and Yoji Biomehanika. Interestingly, the site itself lets you generate a custom 'level' from any site you like...
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16x16 Defender
link Saturday 19th of July, 2008
This is insane — Mathieu Henri has managed to create a javascript version of the Eugene Jarvis classic Defender — which runs entirely in the favicon of the containing page. I'm not sure it's entirely feature complete, but it's well worth a look...
The Chap Olympics 2008
link Tuesday 15th of July, 2008
“ Teams compete to mix a dry martini, with the handicap of having no butler to do it for them. ”
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Fwis
link Tuesday 15th of July, 2008
Loads of amazing work over at Fwis, which was pointed out on Monoscope this morning... And then again about ten minutes later, in an unrelated post over at the (consistently delightful) Big Contrarian.
Particularly liked the 'Fight Pacifism' stuff (tagline: BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE A PACIFIST WITHOUT A FIGHT), as well as the ridiculously charming categories.
Radiohead's Data Video
link Monday 14th of July, 2008
I've never been a particular fan of Radiohead or their music, but this Radiohead 'video' is nothing short of astounding.
You can find out more about the video and the visualisation techniques used to create it on this Google Code page.