Deviant Art is hosting Alex Leon's Flash epic story about the Mario Brothers computer game. It uses the old game's visual imagery, but mixes in new music, adds dialogue, and creates a coherent revenge and war narrative. It's divided into three parts of increasing length: 1, 2, and 3. It's a good example of creativity by mixing someone else's intellectual property, as well - let's hope Nintendo agrees.
It's also part of two subgenres, net.art based on older computer games, and digital appropriations of the Lord of the Rings.
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