Space Invaders has been remade into many media — including this site's WordPress theme. But perhaps its most creative application is that which allowed so many people to feel a part of something larger than themselves:

I moved to a new apartment last month, which meant taking down my 5.1 surround sound system and mounted speakers and disconnecting my five video game consoles, DVD player, VCR, switchbox, and 36" CRT TV. I knew this day was inevitable, and at one point I wondered if it would be easier to leave the sound system and entertainment center, which had been assembled in that room, where they were for the next tenant, and start from scratch in my new home. Of course, my budget wouldn't allow for that, so it all came apart.

Fortunately, this move had not been anticipated a mere three months earlier, when I completely rewired my setup to a) have five consoles connected simultaneously instead of four (I used to have connected only one from each manufacturer: Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft. Now I can have both my backward-compatible Wii and N64 side-by-side); and b) upgrade my Wii connection from composite to component. Given that recent surgery, I was familiar with what needed to go where and was able to recreate it in the new setup without much difficulty.

Since this reconfiguration also affected my DVD player, you can read the full details of what hardware was needed and why on my film blog, Showbits.