Viral Video Hits Blur the Authenticity Line

NEW YORK The video uploaded by “madflux” in mid-November begins with a fumbled camera. What follows is nearly unreal: a video of a guy on a bike re-creating the experience of the video game Guitar Hero by following markers set on the pavement of a suburban neighborhood. Madflux gives a “shoutout” to “Lars and the rest of the Brierwood Vandals.” “Bike Hero” immediately became a YouTube hit, garnering over 1.7 million views, along with hundreds of thousands elsewhere online.

Soon, it emerged the video actually was unreal.

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