World Cup: HD Broadcast goes ASCII retro (Italy – Paraguay)

Watching football is a lot of fun. And the World Cup is off to a great start.

But sitting in front of Italy – Paraguay with my iPhone I just couldn’t help wondering what the 2010 HD broadcast would look like as an old school ASCII game? Not too shabby it turns out.

Here are some of the shots I took of the TV set during the second half of the game.

ita-par_02 ita-par_03 ita-par_04
ita-par_11 ita-par_12 ita-par_13
ita-par_19 ita-par_25 ita-par_28
(click thumbnail to view large image)

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