Galactic Cannibalism


	Galactic Cannibalism

amgumen

5-28-2007 8:27 PM

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8-18-2007 5:58 AM

Rasmus

"Cannibalism" is a nice metaphor.

I like the video animation on http://video.stage6.com/1294626/.divx (startpoint 02:40) (with Pink Floyd's Cluster One as background music).

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