The Wilderness Downtown

Interactive Arcade Fire music video, set where you grew up.

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Interactive Arcade Fire music video, set where you grew up.

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CryptoPoops

Hunter

I just revisited this early Chrome Experiment (a partnership between Google and Arcade Fire) and it still stands the test of time. Put in where you grew up, and watch the music video unfold in your neighborhood. The interactive bit is a really nice way to make it personal and meaningful connection to the user and the song too.

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11yr ago

Skrlla

@staringispolite thanks for sharing this...a great transmedia project for digital storytelling.

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11yr ago

@staringispolite I couldn't seem to get this to work. Does it play in the popup or does it play in the browser itself?

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11yr ago

CryptoPoops

Hunter

@joshuaoxj Both. It should say in the "onboarding" flow that it requires popups to work. There's one popup for the audio and controls, and many more open/close throughout as part of the experience (though they never block the controls).

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11yr ago

@staringispolite Got it to work! Haha. Didn't notice the popup blocker message initially. It's pretty cool man! Feeling a little nostalgic. Haha.

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11yr ago

CryptoPoops

Hunter

@joshuaoxj Good I'm glad! And yeah, it has that effect :) They did a good job.

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11yr ago

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