This picture has become a meme here on Kotaku, and a favorite callback joke in our weekly Kotaku 'Shop Contest. I'm pushing a wheelbarrow, wearing the Selk'Bag 4G sleep system that I reviewed for gamer lifestyle suitability back in October. But wait, is that a spooky hidden secret lurking in the background?

It arrived a week ago. I put it on and zipped up and saw myself in the full-length mirror, looking like the bastard offspring of Barney and Gumby, or scientist victim No. 4 from John Carpenter's The Thing. Mummified in polyester, I marshaled my intestinal fortitude to confront the very first thought I had when I saw…