Children of the ‘80s will fondly recall the "Choose Your Own Adventure" gamebooks, a series of interactive tales that let readers control the direction of the story by periodically choosing one of several plot paths.
Starting with 1979's "The Cave of Time," the prolific series captured imaginations and spawned countless clones over its impressive 20-year run, earning all sorts of pop-culture cred along the way.
And now, it's finding new life in the unlikeliest of places: Youtube.
Thanks to some incredibly creative (and seriously dedicated) users, 'choose your path' movies are cropping up more and more frequently on the online video megasite. Trading pages for page views, the premise is simple: you watch a video, and towards the end have to decide what happens next, which will then take you to a new video that continues the story. That can take a while, too -- some of the larger tales span over 60 options.
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