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December 17, 2012 3:54 PM

The Glitch [slyt]
posted by cthuljew (17 comments total)

I liked it.
posted by hwestiii at 3:59 PM on December 17, 2012

That was cute. I think they could have let the viewer hang just a bit longer at the end but cool.
posted by laconic skeuomorph at 4:03 PM on December 17, 2012

Reminds me of shitty bum.
posted by poe at 4:07 PM on December 17, 2012 [1 favorite]

The ending was completely ruined by the stupid "Click on our other videos" menu at the end, but it was pretty clever all the same.
posted by Strange Interlude at 4:09 PM on December 17, 2012 [8 favorites]

this was amusing until Ness appeared.

Then it was amazing.
posted by The Whelk at 4:11 PM on December 17, 2012

Acceptable.
posted by boo_radley at 4:22 PM on December 17, 2012

That was cute. The premise reminded me of Skrillex Quest.
posted by Mars Saxman at 4:22 PM on December 17, 2012

next time I think it would be cool to download my consciousness into a computer, I might want to watch this again, or at least make sure I'm not one of the beta testers ... or early adopters.
posted by mapinduzi at 4:43 PM on December 17, 2012

Solidly amusing. And I'm not even high!
posted by Dr. Send at 5:23 PM on December 17, 2012

I was disappointed at the lack of the Far Lands.
posted by LogicalDash at 5:27 PM on December 17, 2012

That was hilarious and terrifying.
posted by cyberscythe at 6:17 PM on December 17, 2012

Ever come across something that highlights a fear you didn't know you had? The combination of this and the Australian school ad featuring teleportation gone wrong (linked on MeFi some time ago) have made it really clear to me that I am really, really terrified of somehow ending up with my body sticking halfway out of something, or being partially encased in a rigid material.

Thanks?
posted by ocherdraco at 7:13 PM on December 17, 2012 [5 favorites]

ahahahaha this was amazing
posted by rebent at 7:27 PM on December 17, 2012

Funny. I think anyone who's had a lengthy session of gameplay ruined by something like this will experience a slight bit of unease while laughing. Reminds me of that moment wondering "can I just try to get around this or is my game completely fucked?"
posted by DyRE at 11:59 PM on December 17, 2012 [1 favorite]

Neat and amusing.
Also nightmare fuel.
*shudders*
posted by NMcCoy at 4:29 AM on December 18, 2012

If you like this, you might also like a webseries that's also called Glitch, about a hapless twentysomething who wishes that his life were more like a video game, and comes to realize what an epically bad idea that is ....
posted by webmutant at 6:02 PM on December 18, 2012

Reminds me of "Beyond" an amazing Animatrix short where kids explore a "haunted house" full of glitches in the fabric of reality.
posted by Rhaomi at 9:45 PM on December 18, 2012