Awesome Website

Pufftmw

This was sent to me by a work colleague and its brilliant 8)

You may need to download google chrome to have it run at its' best but that is a small price to pay - you can delete it afterwards anyway. Works on Safari well too

Entirely safe for work but you need speakers for the music which compliments it.

So, enjoy...

8)

http://thewildernessdowntown.com/

Corporate Camper

That is fantastic. I found it quite moving actually.

_Brun_

+1, and some more.

Sewinman

Just sticks at 44% load up.

rmhodv

I love Arcade Fire. Got tickets to see them at O2 in Dec

roger_merriman

Sewinman wrote:

Just sticks at 44% load up.

what browser? webcore based is suggested so chrome/safari though plenty more.

very fun site, though doesn't get close enough for myself. I grew up some distance from the nearest village let alone town. hell my folks place is some distance from roads...

kelsen

I nearly blubbed!

_Brun_

rmhodv wrote:

I love Arcade Fire. Got tickets to see them at O2 in Dec

I'd have got tickets as well but O2 is a bit... meh.

Clever Pun

_Brun_ wrote:

rmhodv wrote:

I love Arcade Fire. Got tickets to see them at O2 in Dec

I'd have got tickets as well but O2 is a bit... meh.

as a massive venue it's pretty good musicwise, but all big venues suck the big one imo

£££££££££££££ and you get surrounded by wankers

amnezia

Sewinman wrote:

Just sticks at 44% load up.

needs an HTML5 compliant browser

lost_in_thought

WTF?

Am I missing something here? Slightly shoddy street view imagery, mildly irritating music and some CGI of a bloke running and some birds? And some text that grows branches?

What's so good about it?

There were trees blasting out of all the parks.

rjsterry

Sheesh, has that hangover not gone yet?

lost_in_thought

It's been fine since I gave it a couple of beers at lunchtime... but seriously, I don't get what's so good about this website!

Maybe if I had stronger attachment to the places we lived when I was a kid. Or if I liked the music. Or really appreciated bird silhouettes...

kelsen

For me, the combined images of running and streets from my childhood invoked a sense of nostalgia and memories of times long gone.

Of course, if you grew up with memories of being thrown into a swimming pool, it may not have the same effect...

PBo

lost_in_thought wrote:

.. but seriously, I don't get what's so good about this website!

Yup.

Definitely suffering from "meh!-ness

Lazarus

He's not to bright, the silly sod stopped running right in the middle of a cross junction in my street.

Now if he had been on a bike then maybe i'd have more sympathy for him. :P

prj45

Nah, that's a big Meh! from me!

PedalPedant

roger merriman wrote:

what browser? webcore based is suggested so chrome/safari though plenty more.

Worked okay for me in Firefox, I'm afraid I'm pretty firmly in the "meh" camp though. I guess you need to be an Arcade Fire fan to really appreciate it.

PP

elevated

It's intended as a demo for the Chrome browser, so if you have an understanding of web technology (HTML5, CSS3 etc) it's extremely impressive.

Peeps on here are not really it's target audience so I'm not surprised at the responses!

bill_gates

Nice concept and the tune is pretty fitting to the chappy running.

CiB

I had a look and tbh the incongruouity of the chap purporting to run in the dark in one shot and through my old village in daylight alongside, and then spinning round outside the Methodist Chapel when FFS there's a perfectly decent pub another 100 yards up the road, just didn't do it for me. And those birds? What?

I get the idea that we're supposed to be impressed at clever use of HTML5 and CSS3, but however you dress it up it's still the dog on That's Life saying "sausages" in the end. Vaguely amusing but pointless. A bit like SC Stats I expect. :idea:

Next.

dhope

Technically quite good. Interesting or artistic, meh.

Disclaimer: I am completely unqualified to comment on anything's artistic merits.