The code that puts a first-person-shooter avatar and reticule on top of random uploaded videos doesnât appear to be publicly available. Thatâs probably a good thing because it makes everything much more stomach-churning.
YouTube Shooter is the work of intermedia artist Kent Sheely, whoâs also swapped the old-school Nintendo Zapper for actual guns in a bunch of iconic movie scenes. The 2013 art project is practically ancient in terms of internet time but I just ran across it today and havenât been able to stop looking at it. The fact that the overlay obscures the button that closes ad pop-ups is an unintended consequence that makes the work even more darkly humorous and self-conscious.
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Thereâs a morbid curiosity about what various YouTube videos would look like in YouTube Shooter mode but itâd also make recordings of birthday/wedding/bbqs into major bummers.
