Friday flash fun

June 10, 2004 9:37 PM

99 Rooms Going to suck up at least a hour of your life.
posted by filmgeek (24 comments total)

*feels like he's in one big TOOL video*
posted by mrplab at 9:57 PM on June 10, 2004

Uh, wow. I'm going to have freaky dreams tonight, I know it.
posted by precocious at 10:01 PM on June 10, 2004

Meh. It was beautiful, at first, but it really couldn't hold my attention. And what mrplab said.

SPOILER FOR THE IMPATIENT: Hit the tilde/backtick key to pull down the console and skip rooms.
posted by rafter at 10:14 PM on June 10, 2004

Whoops, it seems that "spoiler" is right there in the directions!
posted by rafter at 10:15 PM on June 10, 2004

Well, that's awesome and freaky!
posted by falconred at 10:17 PM on June 10, 2004

Wow! I really liked it (except for the one room that scared the CRAP out of me!!!)

Very MYST/RIVEN like, so if you like those, check this thing out. Great link, filmgeek- thanks!
posted by jasper411 at 10:17 PM on June 10, 2004

Wow. That was beautiful.
posted by SisterHavana at 10:32 PM on June 10, 2004

Me too, jasper411, and I even knew something was coming in that room because of a comment in their guestbook. Why is that kind of thing so damned effective?!
posted by Songdog at 10:42 PM on June 10, 2004

The Tab key seems to show you what you need to click.

What number was the scary room? I gave up after 12.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 10:57 PM on June 10, 2004

42 minutes.
posted by bobo123 at 11:24 PM on June 10, 2004

very cool. Love the rumble and the distant noises.

(eyes roll back in head, remembering "Marathon": "They're everywhere, they're everywhere!")
posted by mwhybark at 11:39 PM on June 10, 2004

Eerie, beautiful, nice.

I used to love playing in abandoned factories when I was younger. I took photos of the light switches and stuff. I probably would have ended up doing something like this, maybe.

I had too much food for lunch.

/reminisce
posted by bdave at 11:43 PM on June 10, 2004

that was awesome.
audio and surreal nature of it reminds a bit of oculart
posted by juv3nal at 12:01 AM on June 11, 2004

#26 is a scary room! EEEEK!!
posted by chrid at 1:50 AM on June 11, 2004

Damn it Chrid, you scared the hell outta me. I stopped at 9. But no, I just had to go look at 26.

-watch the monkey press the button-
posted by jopreacher at 2:36 AM on June 11, 2004

um. nothing happened in 26.
posted by bargle at 5:20 AM on June 11, 2004

...and it's Farked...

Er... Dashslotted....

Er... MEFI'd
posted by psychotic_venom at 6:13 AM on June 11, 2004

99 rooms cant exist.

more than 500 GB traffic a day
we try to find a solution.

:(

I really feel bad for people who put up good content and have this happen. OTOH, the internet is all about sharing. It would be a shame if only the 'elite' could get access to cool pages..
posted by eas98 at 6:16 AM on June 11, 2004

It's a shame when people don't use FreeCache for this kind of thing. I want the beautiful scary!
posted by nicwolff at 8:38 AM on June 11, 2004

I'm stuck in room 65, and it won't let me out, and that damn organ music is driving me crazy! Help me, Obi-Wan!
posted by ChrisTN at 9:48 AM on June 11, 2004

Fell asleep - face down in my tired, old P1 laptop - wandering the wastes last night.

Awoke several times to advance a room or two, only to drift off again.

Needless to say my dreams were quite wonderfully deranged, though, I have awoken quite refreshed.

I'm a sucker for high-res photos of post-industrial waste and experimental/ambient noises anyway. I find the music that machines make to be soothing.

Somehow I doubt the designer(s) of this would mind that I used their toy this way. I'd go so far as to say they would probably be pleased.
posted by loquacious at 9:56 AM on June 11, 2004

Fantastic! And many thanks to all the hints here. The centaur and the peacock and all the viny flowers are particularly lovely. Just wish I'd skipped room 26.
posted by of strange foe at 10:37 AM on June 11, 2004

loquacious: I had a similar experience sleeping to Aphex Twin the other night. Some of the strangest dreams I've had.
posted by quasistoic at 8:50 PM on June 11, 2004

Nice, thanks. Kind of reminds me of colour Eraserhead.
posted by carter at 10:18 PM on June 11, 2004