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eytanz

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on: November 23, 2011, 11:01:34 AM
Is an interactive tribute to Stanislaw Lem. And it is wonderful. Go see it quick before it changes tomorrow (though I suspect this might be one of the ones that gets a permanent page later).


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Reply #1 on: November 23, 2011, 02:18:27 PM
Quote from: eytanz on November 23, 2011, 11:01:34 AM
Is an interactive tribute to Stanislaw Lem. And it is wonderful. Go see it quick before it changes tomorrow (though I suspect this might be one of the ones that gets a permanent page later).

Am not certain if I'm seeing the same Doodle.. in the U.S., it's an interactive turkey (for Thanksgiving).

Regardless, the turkey is pretty cool, you can change its feathers and hairstyle and stuff. :P


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Reply #2 on: November 23, 2011, 02:45:58 PM
I think - though I cannot confirm it - that US based people can see the Lem doodle by going to google.co.uk


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Reply #3 on: November 23, 2011, 02:55:01 PM
Quote from: eytanz on November 23, 2011, 02:45:58 PM
I think - though I cannot confirm it - that US based people can see the Lem doodle by going to google.co.uk

Oh indeed, and that is pretty cool. Correction: frigging awesome :)


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Reply #4 on: November 23, 2011, 03:51:15 PM
whoa, that is way cooler than our silly turkey!


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Reply #5 on: November 23, 2011, 04:00:33 PM
If anyone follows the link and didn't quite see what's so cool about it, make sure you click on the image to start the interactive bit.


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Reply #6 on: November 25, 2011, 02:33:26 PM
Damn it, missed the Lem doodle. 

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.    -  Carl Sagan

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Reply #7 on: November 25, 2011, 02:39:18 PM
Google doesn't seem to have an interactive version of it up anywhere anymore (at least, I couldn't find one), but for anyone who wants to see what it was like, here is a youtube clip that someone made of a complete playthrough (with the addition of a soundtrack):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Oxn3Qm2pw


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Reply #8 on: November 29, 2011, 01:03:03 AM
Quote from: eytanz on November 25, 2011, 02:39:18 PM
Google doesn't seem to have an interactive version of it up anywhere anymore (at least, I couldn't find one), but for anyone who wants to see what it was like, here is a youtube clip that someone made of a complete playthrough (with the addition of a soundtrack):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Oxn3Qm2pw

Wow, was that ever neat.  Thanks so much for posting!

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.    -  Carl Sagan

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Reply #9 on: August 12, 2012, 02:45:45 AM
Looks like I'm nine months late to the party...but thank you eytanz for linking to the video.  :)

Lem was my gateway into SF, and this brought memories of The Cyberiad gushing back. My dad had read the book while growing up in communist Poland, and he pointed out all the subtle political jabs Lem was making in his stories.


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