Hours Played is crowdfunding to create a video game clock supercut

Think about a clock, besides constituted of tons of of different clocks that when solely existed in video video games. That’s what artist and video editor Duncan Robson is crowdfunding to create. He desires to finally stream the supercut on-line, synced as much as wherever you might be, so theoretically it may very well be used to inform the time – or simply as a celebration of a really particular and but widespread factor to see whereas enjoying. Take a peek on the Kickstarter trailer under:

Robson is an outdated hand with regards to creating these sorts of supercuts. There’s Let’s Enhance, nearly two minutes of TV and film of us getting a greater view of grainy pictures; a tumbleweed collection made for Columbus Museum of Artwork; and plenty of others on his YouTube channel.

He’s additionally been doing a improbable job documenting all types of fascinating mundanities in video games for years, from the aforementioned tumbleweeds, to hotdogs and manholes. “Nonetheless lengthy it takes, I don’t see myself dropping curiosity within the venture,” he notes within the Kickstarter description, and he additionally says he’s already recognized over 900 online game timepieces to utilize.

This newest venture is impressed by the same piece from artist Christian Marclay, merely referred to as The Clock. Marclay’s model makes use of movie and TV clips, fairly than video video games, however in any other case it’s broadly the identical thought.

This crowdfunding marketing campaign is simply to cowl the price of making one of many eventual 24 hours, in order that Robson can use it as a proof of idea earlier than making an attempt to fund the entire thing. However, he does point out that he would possibly make extra immediately if the fund “goes considerably over” its £1,850 ($2,400) objective. On the time of writing, it’s already a couple of third of the way in which there with 28 days nonetheless to go.

“If that is the form of bizarre factor that you just’d prefer to exist, please throw in a few ,” says Robson, and why on earth wouldn’t it’s? You may contribute over on Kickstarter.