Livin' in an 8 bit world

This week saw the thirtieth birthday of Pacman and to celebrate Google turned their logo into a playable version of the game. It was estimated that the time spent playing by bored workers around the world wasted 4.8 million hours of worktime equivalent to $120, 483, 80 of lost productivity.

In the spirit of 8-bit procrastination I came across this excellent short film 'Pixels' by the very talented Mr Patrick Jean.

and this, I couldn't resist.

and for Alex, some real chiptune

Enjoy.

Pro Cras Ti Nation.

The internet, oh boy the internet, all the places you'll go when you're trying to not do whatever it is you're meant to be doing.

Looking at things that are sort of not terribly exciting, but suddenly mesmerising. Like this

L'angoisse de la page blanche from dessert_first on Vimeo.

Wow.

And this

arrived at after watching Ice, Ice Baby and then Vanilla Ice AKA Robert Van Winkle apologise for all the shitty music he made.

And this, to top it all off and sum it all up