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November 20, 2004 9:06 AM   Subscribe

What I Did Last Summer --a graphic representation of blog posts generated by a blogbot. Pick Blue or Red, and watch and read (flash, i think)...this one use images from Civilization 3, and content from My War, written by a soldier in Iraq, and Dear Raed. A wonderful idea, from the mind of this guy, Alex Dragulescu
posted by amberglow (8 comments total)
 
Sensory overload anyone????
posted by crusiera at 9:24 AM on November 20, 2004


that's what's fun about it, crus, i think. You can follow threads of it if you wish, or let it just wash over you. (I wonder if it can be done with better graphics/quality, or if that would slow it down too much?)
posted by amberglow at 9:29 AM on November 20, 2004


If it's flash, it could probably go higher in quality and not sacrifice speed - at least once it starts running.
posted by nospecialfx at 9:45 AM on November 20, 2004


Alex is a friend of mine, so thanks amberglow. Here is Alex’s previous project on MeFi.
posted by MzB at 9:47 AM on November 20, 2004


nospecial: ahh

He does really interesting stuff, MzB--tell him he has a fan (and ask him to join here) : >
posted by amberglow at 9:55 AM on November 20, 2004


Fascinating stuff...the style of presentation does well to impart the reader with a very real sense of chaos, something I'm sure is a daily hazard for the soldiers living stories like this.
posted by baphomet at 10:38 AM on November 20, 2004


Very interesting concept, I dig it. After about 15 seconds it becomes so garbled with text and little civ3 avatars that it gets harder and harder to coherently follow it. I personally like the lame little pixely war icons.
posted by thanatogenous at 10:43 AM on November 20, 2004


Wonderfully hard to follow and complex. It's better than a lot of that flash content that gets passed around ad nauseum, probably because it requires more than a 3 second attention span and doesn't use sound or cute characters that curse a lot.
posted by Captaintripps at 12:42 PM on November 20, 2004


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