{"id":3294,"date":"2015-08-18T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T22:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2019-01-11T20:27:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T02:27:48","slug":"the-vanishing-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/the-vanishing-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vanishing Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote this post months ago and never published it for whatever reason. I’m posting it now, as it’s still relevant, but it was written back in February.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

So, I found this pretty awesome website a couple months back, but never set aside the time to check it out. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a story written by William Boyd that is pretty fucking sweet. Sort of a paranoia thriller, it looks like. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m only through the first chapter.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the website scrolls the text over background images and movies while it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s narrated by the main character. You can click on certain key words to get access to additional images and whatnot. Not all of them, but sometimes.<\/p>\n

Of course, it was paid for by Land Rover, so one of the key words in the first chapter brought up photos people had posted to Twitter of their Land Rover with a certain hashtag. But other than that, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty awesome:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/thevanishinggame.wellstoried.com<\/a><\/p>\n

You can also pick it up for the Kindle<\/a> or as an Audible book<\/a> at Amazon for free.<\/p>\n

Or, if you prefer, you can pick it up as an interactive iBook for the Mac or iPad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or just as a straight epub for iPhone<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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