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For a fun retelling of the events (I think this only works on Firefox):

http://aceattorney.sparklin.org/jeu.php?id_proces=57684

It works perfectly in chrome. I don't know what's with the obnoxious yellow banner - I thought firefox people were against the "best viewed in internet explorer" attitude.

Works fine in IE 11 as well.

I didn't know there was a block of "firefox people", or that everyone developing for firefox was a member and shared the opinions they have.

Where's their mailing list/forum?

That was absolutely great, and it is fascinating how the animated storytelling makes a complicated, lengthy debate so much more accessible.

I wonder if other complicated debates, especially political, could be presented in such a format, and if this would have a positive effect for informed democracy?

Heh. This is the power of the Visual Novel medium! :)

This is the second part: http://aceattorney.sparklin.org/jeu.php?id_proces=57899

Unfortunately, the second part seems to get stuck in "cross examination" and it's impossible to continue.

Does it? It's a Phoenix Wright game. You have to press and present evidence.

EDIT: You're right. Pressing each statement yields more dialogue, but without evidence, you can't progress.

It's clearly still a work in progress and incomplete. Wait, I'm sure it'll be extended.

That is glorious. And several of the characters match very well, particularly Russ as Phoenix and Bdale as the Judge.

That was incredible. How was the dialogue compiled? Was it copied verbatim from mailing list discussions, or was it paraphrased?

That is huge though. I felt I was spending way too much time watching this and hoped it was getting to a close, while I around message 250 out of 700. (Of part 1 it seems?!)

Yeah, endless debate. Welcome to Debian decision-making. :-)

Well the visual way in which it's shown makes it easier to follow without knowing people by name, but also makes it take much longer to read it all. There are like 80 characters per message before you have to click continue or hit enter.

I'd say the discussion is a good/fun thing to present in this form, but abbreviated.

That thing is unbelievably more awesome than I would otherwise have assumed.

Who made this (and part 2)? How can I find out if any more parts are made?

Apparently it was made by Dainius Masiliūnas (http://greatemerald.xmpcommunity.com/), who seems to be active in the Phoronix forums: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/member.php?17103-GreatEmerald

That was great, thank you!

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