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Sonacom Experience is an inexplicable Time Waster
by Jason Clarke Jul 1st 2009 at 11:00AM
I've had the Sonacom Experience site on my list of things to blog about for a long time, but could never really figure out how to describe it. It appears to be a front-end for a French design and production firm's website.
The site is a Flash-based web toy, where you click on floating globes to unleash visuals and sound stored inside of them. You can control the color of the globes, and the colors match up with feelings or themes. For example, red is Aggression, purple is Vibration, and blue is Imagination.
Sonacom Experience is intriguing and fun to play with, but there isn't really a point. And maybe the lack of a point is the point - Sonacom is more of an art installation than it is game or application, sort of a "look what we can do". It has the same addictive quality as popping bubble wrap; I keep thinking I'll just burst one more globe to see what's inside, then close the site. Just. One. More.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Shan said 11:42AM on 7-01-2009
Thanks! Pretty cool for wallpaper/background stuff. I love doing Vector based stuff in Photoshop so this is ideal to help fill in large areas!
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Blue said 12:54PM on 7-01-2009
This is really cool, although I wasn't able to generate more than two bubbles for some reason. :P Another similar site which is definitely more vibrant and colorful is www.karitraa.com. Loads of inspiration and plenty to play with, especially if you like messing with brushes ala photoshop. And by the way, thank you for bringing us time wasters on a regular basis. I have been a regular lurker on your website for over a year, but never got a chance to comment on the excellent site. I am addicted to DTD thanks to you. :)
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Niels van Dijk said 4:09AM on 7-02-2009
Very nice although my browser doesn't seem to like all the symbols much.
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