It's not easy to find video of the London 2012 Olympics on the Internet 鈥� even on YouTube. And that's inspiring people to "interpret" the Summer Games for themselves. For instance, you can see puppet shows, 8-bit video, and Taiwanese animation, all related to the Olympics... or, at least sort of related.
Here are some of my favorites 鈥� feel free to put yours into the comment section below:
The Wall Street Journal's "Homemade Highlight" of the Badminton Scandal, .
Taiwan's Next Media Animation previews the upcoming , replete with references to video games and cult kung-fu films.
A video called gives a decidedly 1980s flavor to Olympic events, evoking the Nintendo and Sega graphics of that era. I spotted the video, by Flikli Productions, on Kotaku.
Most of the representations were created because of the very tight controls placed on Olympics-related content by organizers and broadcasters. NPR's Linda Holmes recently , and a recent Torch post discussed how some folks are .
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