Google Maps Quest View turns your commute into an RPG

I do n’t know if Google Maps is invest us with an early April Fool ’s Day buffoonery , but I hope Quest View sticks around . tap the right - hand corner of your Google map to see your local landscape transformed into a pixelated video plot map , complete with mountains and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the appropriate places . You even get a little viking as your personal icon . But what ’s that little red guy on the screen door ?

[ Google Maps ] Thanks to Art for send this our way !

Edit : Ah , and here ’s where we get the April Fool ’s gag :

2nd Edit : Several folks are note that the whole theme get from the video plot Dragon Quest , and those little reddish dudes are Slimes from the game . Thanks , Dragon Questers !

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