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Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#61

Good lord, y'all are crotchety. This just seems like a fun little time waster that was probably developed internally by a very small group of people. I don't see it as a large marketing push or some kind of fancy technical demo. Just something... fun.

It has that fun Hackathon / side-project feel, that someone probably noticed and said "Hey, if you polish it up, we can host it for public use, because why not?".

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#62

Good lord, y'all are crotchety. This just seems like a fun little time waster that was probably developed internally by a very small group of people. I don't see it as a large marketing push or some kind of fancy technical demo. Just something... fun.

For real, anyone remember flappy bird? This is pretty similar and flapper bird made a LOT of people happy.

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#65
post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish we Netflix Canada here in the US. You have more than we do :/

^ This, not to mention there are several good proxies to get US Netflix working in other countries, but getting Canadian Netflix in the US is a much more arduous process.

What proxies? Last I heard, they are giving a hard time to VPN players.

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#66
post #6

Okay, perhaps I'm out of the loop. Is this created for marketing purposes, technical purposes, or something else? What makes this different from a random Ludum Dare-style submission, other than the Netflix logo?

Perhaps it isn't any different to a random Ludum Dare-style submission. Is there anything wrong with Random Ludum Dare-style submissions?

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#68

Seriously? wtf? I thought, this is going to be something cool as it's from them, like an experimental UI or something. Am I missing something or is this just a bit lame and pointless? Maybe I'm dead inside.

Each pixel is its own microservice. This is a huge leap forward for the industry.

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#70

Good lord, y'all are crotchety. This just seems like a fun little time waster that was probably developed internally by a very small group of people. I don't see it as a large marketing push or some kind of fancy technical demo. Just something... fun.

Could be sign of times to come; netflix launching a gameflix.
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