Nixta Rolls

Two interesting plays with YouTube today. The above, via Kottke of course, uses linked videos and annotations to take you through a very simple linear game (I think - I haven’t made it past the second level because I’m already bored). But despite being bored, the concept is interesting, if a bit old (see below).

But much more impressive than that is the second link today about YouTube, this time from my dear friend The Sherman Foundation.

Clever clever use of very simple Flash code. Really clever. Really simple. Really powerful. And kudos to YouTube/Google for facilitating it.

Cleverer, even, perhaps, slightly, than the Get A Mac web ads (click the “watch in high quality” option):