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07-14-2017, 01:08 PM
There's a really trippy story behind Nine Inch Nails' new music video
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Nine Inch Nails is quickly becoming the nerdiest rock band since Led Zeppelin sang about J.R.R. Tolkien. For that, we salute them.
NIN's music video for "LESS THAN" — released Thursday — **t only samples the recent VR game Polybius, but also delves into the reigning champion of bizarre video game urban legends.*
SEE ALSO: This mixed reality room is so trippy it might leave you questioning reality (http://mashable.com/2017/07/05/mixed-reality-room/)
A psychedelic trip of seizure-inducing 80s games style, the video depicts a female player becoming increasingly mesmerized (and zombified) the more she plays.
But there's more to the hyp**tizing visuals than meets the clouded zombie eye. It's also essentially a retelling of the original mythical arcade game k**wn as Polybius, the mere existence of which can neither be confirmed **r denied.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/13/nine-inch-nails-music-video-gaming-trippiest-urban-legend/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Nine Inch Nails is quickly becoming the nerdiest rock band since Led Zeppelin sang about J.R.R. Tolkien. For that, we salute them.
NIN's music video for "LESS THAN" — released Thursday — **t only samples the recent VR game Polybius, but also delves into the reigning champion of bizarre video game urban legends.*
SEE ALSO: This mixed reality room is so trippy it might leave you questioning reality (http://mashable.com/2017/07/05/mixed-reality-room/)
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But there's more to the hyp**tizing visuals than meets the clouded zombie eye. It's also essentially a retelling of the original mythical arcade game k**wn as Polybius, the mere existence of which can neither be confirmed **r denied.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/13/nine-inch-nails-music-video-gaming-trippiest-urban-legend/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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