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Because it's not super obvious from the map link: there is an app distributed by the artist, with which you can "collect" each of the pieces by taking a picture of them

https://space-invaders.com/flashinvaders/

It's fun :p

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Avid player here, I can only recommand :), especially if you leave in Europe you find them everywhere in big cities once you look around

Did you mean "live" in Europe? There doesn't seem to be instances of them too far fom Europe.

I'm pretty sure I've seen some in the US but they may be copycats.

My mistake, they're farther than I thought. These are a few very bold ones in Cancun, Mexico: https://space-invaders.com/world/cancun/

Neato

The posts's map is very outdated, according to this site's map. Maybe it's a local map for Paris.

https://space-invaders.com/world/

Interesting. There's only one shown in London. I've certainly seen another near Borough Market - and according to this article from 2007, there were 75 in London back then. https://londonist.com/2007/01/random_graffiti_17

If you click on the icon over London, it shows there are 150 there. The global map is 1 invader icon per city tagged, and clicking into a city shows a lot more (and images too!).

Duh. Thank you!

I've seen quite a few of these in Milan but they're not listed in the website so maybe there are copycats around too

The mosaics look really nice!

iOS app seems to be dead, at least for “new account” :(

Just installed it, asks for username and email, no password. Ready to start, now I just need to go to Europe.

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