Thursday, 19 July 2012

Video games gone viral

Like a persistent neighbour showing you their new grandchild, when videos go ‘viral’, everyone (well, maybe not necessarily everyone) is meant to watch them and enjoy.


From the recent doco on the African war lord Joseph Kony, to Fenton the runaway dog in Richmond Park with his rather annoyed swearing owner  in the background and for all the romantics in existance, there was an American man who proposed to the tune of Bruno Mars: what makes a video so good, you just have to see it?


Videos that make people talk are talked about because they involve several things – the unexpected, the topical, the determination and the sometimes unexpected determination of the key character or cause.


It is about the participation in, the sharing and the passing on of news.


So what videos make you sit up and take notice of a video that everyone should be watching and talking about (of course until the next thing comes along…)

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