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petramcbiteybite · 5 months

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I NEED THE WORLD TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL MURDOC MY MANAGER MADE ME FOR OUR STORE'S SECRET SANTA. I'm literally so obsessed Holy shit.

#second picture is me killing him #NOT made by me so not going on art blog #petra meows #murdoc niccals #gorillaz #gorillaz plastic beach #plastic beach #gorillaz phase 3 #murdoc phase 3 #gorillaz plushie #idk

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petra-dot-png · 2 months

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I hate you, dad.

#petra's doodles #fanart tag #gorillaz #gorillaz fanart #plastic beach #gorillaz phase 3 #noodle phase 3 #noodle gorillaz #noodle guitarist from gorillaz #murdoc niccals #murdoc phase 3 #gorillaz plastic beach

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gribnayamt · 18 days

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Poor 2d...

#gorillaz #artists on tumblr #gorillaz 2d #gorillaz plastic beach #gorillaz phase 3 #2d gorillaz #murdoc gorillaz #noodle gorillaz #russel gorillaz #art

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gorillaz-girl · 2 months

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I'll wait to be forgiven, maybe I never will

My star has left me to take the bitter pill

That shattered feeling, well, the cause of it's a lesson learned

#gorillaz #murdoc #murdoc niccals #plastic beach #phase 3 #gorillaz icons

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nessea · 13 days

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electric is the love ⚡

#gorillaz #gorillaz band #gorillaz art #gorillaz fanart #murdoc niccals #2d gorillaz #stuart pot #cyborg noodle #stylo #plastic beach #gorillaz phase 3 #nessie.art #my art #cw bruises

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12d3noods · 4 months

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boiboiperson · 9 months

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I think about them daily

#i will create something other than murdad at some point #gorillaz fanart #noodle gorillaz #murdoc niccals #noodle fanart #murdoc fanart #murdoc niccals fanart #murdad #phase 1 gorillaz #phase 2 #phase 3 #phase 4 #phase 5 #phase 6 #phase 7 #i dont like some of these but its too late to change them

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murdknux · 9 months

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for the return to plastic beach movement 🚤

#gorillaz #gorillaz fanart #murdoc niccals #2d gorillaz #2doc #murdoc gorillaz #noodle gorillaz #gorillaz 2d #russel gorillaz #plastic beach #return to plastic beach #phase 3 gorillaz

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nendracula · 2 years

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Some kind of plastic I can wrap around you.

#art #my art #fanart #gorillaz #murdoc #murdoc niccals #gorillaz fanart #2d #murdoc faust niccals #2d gorillaz #cyborg noodle #plastic beach #phase 3 gorillaz #gorillaz phase 3

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stu-and-murdy · 4 months

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And what will we post first? How about some Feels-Not-So-Good Inc?

Plastic Beach and Introducing: Cyborg! (12d3Noods)

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thunderlina · 6 months

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LOST MEDIA: Gorillaz - Plastic Beach Web Games

I come to you tonight with one request: I want help in tracking down the Plastic Beach point-and-click adventure game from the Phase 3 (2010-2012) Gorillaz website.

In 2010, coinciding with the release of their third studio album, British virtual band Gorillaz gave their website a huge overhaul, including the release of several new flash games. The centerpiece was a point-and-click adventure game (untitled, usually just referred to as "Plastic Beach") in which the player was able to explore the island of Plastic Beach, similar to the games available on earlier websites where the player was able to explore Gorillaz HQ Kong Studios.

Along with this game were a few others: Escape to Plastic Beach, a three chapter long action/adventure game (the third chapter of which cost €1.50 to play, and was available both for PC and iPhones.) Just recently the developer, Matmi, hinted at trying to re-release these, but they went silent regarding it and nothing has come of it so far.

There were also two smaller Flash titles, Submatronic and Gorillaz Fishing. Not entirely sure what these two entailed but they were listed on the website and, like the adventure game and Escape are not playable via the Wayback Machine nor are they archived elsewhere.

From my research, it seems the website had some kind of DRM software that the older websites (which have been archived over at zombiehiphop.xyz) didn't, since the Plastic Beach game used full tracks from the album and EMI was worried about piracy. Before anyone suggests it like was done in other places where I've asked about this, no, the game was not released on a CD or DVD. Because of this, all four games unique to the Plastic Beach era website are lost. The iPhone port of Escape to Plastic Beach was also removed from the App Store years ago, and as such is also completely lost.

As of right now, all that still exists are low-quality videos of the adventure game in action, a few screenshots, and a handful of Flash files I've dug up from the Wayback Machine.

The loss of this game represents not just a loss for Flash preservation, but a huge loss for Gorillaz fans as it was an integral element of the story of the Plastic Beach era. Without it and much of the other content from the old website, the already incomplete story that Jamie Hewlett and the rest of the Zombie Flesh Eaters team were trying to tell lives on almost wholly through secondary accounts. While recordings exist, it is simply not the same as having access to the full experience.

I ask of you all to please consider my words and help me do something about this, instead of wallowing in hopelessness as it seems the community has been doing for oh so long now.

Thank You.

Footage of the adventure game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUnvkZFPu1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmAo_POMRHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW6KHLLgBss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWIkwVDIJNQ

The handful of Flash files I dug up via the Wayback Machine: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RKpP9o-j-4jFkdQEDN54ye5LGZIrBd_7