01
Rickroll
The link was never what it promised to be.
Archive score99
Internet time machine / 2008
2008, kept in the archive.
Backdrop
The Internet in 2008
Year reference
Google Chrome launch comicThe browser became an application platform.
Source: Google Chrome comic- The App Store opened, making software, games, cameras, and social services part of the phone in your pocket.
- Barack Obama’s campaign demonstrated how social networks, online video, and small digital donations could shape mainstream politics.
Archive order
Archive picks
02
Trollface
A Microsoft Paint grin became the internet’s quickest way to say: this annoyance was on purpose.
Archive score95
03
asdfmovie
I like trains. The internet liked that this was apparently a complete sentence.
Archive score93
04
Jizz In My Pants
A dead-serious electro-pop video gave every tiny moment of excitement an absurdly oversized consequence.
Archive score92
05
The Website Is Down
A sales guy called. A web dude answered. The browser was not prepared.
Archive score91
06
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
A nervous supervillain, a loudly heroic rival, and a three-act musical released straight to the web.
Archive score89