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Pac-Man, Explained

vaati000 — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:48:04 MDT

NOOO, PAC-MAN

DRUGS ARE BAAAAD!

vaati000

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ocha — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:43:02 MDT

I had to buy that shirt on threadless.
Thanks to those that pointed it out to me a more than once.

ocha

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C22DBlueKnightOne — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:10:26 MDT

*Clicks Link*

ARGH!

*Seizes, swallows tongue, dies*

C22DBlueKnightOne

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Tei — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:05:15 MDT

So now, we can have a movie about Pac-man? one with drugs and ghost in space. Wait.. that already done.

Tei

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Acid Raven — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:54:41 MDT

I would love to see an animated short based on that picture

Acid Raven

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xoforoct — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:44:45 MDT

this...this made my day.

xoforoct

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kojirodensetsu — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:52:00 MDT

I should get this shirt. At least it's not $20.

kojirodensetsu

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ShineyBlueShoes — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:09:35 MDT

You didn't respond to my E-vite, nice netiquette jerk.

ShineyBlueShoes

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ManekiNeko — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:25:08 MDT

@Sesstuna: You ever hear of this funny little thing called "netiquette?" You may want to look into it sometime. It's great because it makes you look like less of a smug know-it-all when you're posting online.

ManekiNeko

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Sesstuna — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:16:07 MDT

Welcome to 30 years ago. This picture has been around for ages.

Sesstuna

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foxhound009 — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:37:14 MDT

@dafox:

I don't know man.. but after seeing the image I REALLY began to feel sick...
it has Evil powers :O

foxhound009

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Tzibo — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:48:23 MDT

This is...awesome. I want a shirt! :D

Tzibo

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bigdonthedj — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:25:36 MDT

That is straight up creepy. I want that song for one of my mixes.

bigdonthedj

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Kanadwen — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:09:16 MDT

YTMND...the next Kotaku fad!

Kanadwen

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Mactheridon — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:03:00 MDT

@Strange Bedfellows: Yours is better than the one above LOL

Mactheridon

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chiefpoopingpants — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:57:12 MDT

Most of the shirts at Threadless are rubbish but that one isn't too bad.

chiefpoopingpants

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Go Team Venture — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:34:28 MDT

a neat adaptation on a threadless original

Go Team Venture

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MizzDiva — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:27:06 MDT

Oh snap.....y'know now the whole damn Pac-Man reference really hits (after coming down off a night of my own "intoxications"...LOL)

.....xD

Now it just up the level of funny-as-hellness, like, tenfold! xD

MizzDiva

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SkutSkut — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:09:34 MDT

Looks to me like Pacnaut did something horrible and to keep his guilty conscious (the ghost) away he has to down pill after pill.

SkutSkut

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DaFox — Sun, 04 May 2008 06:53:30 MDT

@foxhound009: How so?

DaFox

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foxhound009 — Sun, 04 May 2008 06:48:41 MDT

I want to puke... this image is to much for me : S

foxhound009

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Silver_Back — Sun, 04 May 2008 05:57:50 MDT

*grabs glowsticks* OONTZ OONTZ! >_<

Silver_Back

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mr.dandy — Sun, 04 May 2008 05:33:50 MDT

@BPMΔ: Correct sir! I just realized it's probably also a reference to the "Atari Force" comics they used to pack in the games. There was one in particular (Liberator) where the guy was an astro-gunner on a solo mission, wearing a space suit kind of like that. It had a lot of tense anxiety in it (my god I can't believe the junk stuck in my brain).

I just ordered that shirt, can't wait to puzzle people with it!

mr.dandy

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ara — Sun, 04 May 2008 05:00:13 MDT

@Strange Bedfellows: Hah, and here I thought no one could ever make a good movie out of pacman. Mad props to Travis Pitts for that story.

ara

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humongous_mouse — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:42:56 MDT

Blooming heck! That artwork would make an awesome sci-fi thriller update of Pac-Man, no?

humongous_mouse

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hikergirl — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:46:25 MDT

@Strange Bedfellows: Man. You had me going up until the very end. ;) That's an awesome story though!

hikergirl

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Rob Phelps — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:34:59 MDT

One more thing, the original artist is Travis Pitts. See his threadless page here: [www.threadless.com]

Rob Phelps

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AplusBminus — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:34:18 MDT

How the fuck does space and drugs NOT coincide with each other?

AplusBminus

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Rob Phelps — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:31:15 MDT

So interestingly, I posted this on reddit after my friend sent it to me, explaining the Pac-Man context. He offered no source information, and the image was hosted on some forum. Anyhow, now it's made it's way to YTMND and Kotaku. Apparently it was created by a Threadless artist with a pretty heavily veiled mention of Pac-Man, as some people who have the shirt didn't even realize the reference. Glad everyone is getting to see it, major props to the artist.

Rob Phelps

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:21:06 MDT

@bangbangblah: I'll second that.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

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robstandard — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:20:39 MDT

I stole this (unwittingly as a random direct link to a photo hosted on some random forum), posted it on reddit yesterday. Glad to see it's gained popularity, it's now on YTMND and Kotaku. Props to the original author.

robstandard

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Grocerspride — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:00:06 MDT

Oh man, now it makes sense! I put this in my threadless shopping cart so many times but never pulled the trigger.

Grocerspride

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ShaggE — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:02:15 MDT

@Sigma-D: Last I checked, it was "That's some good shit." Most likely changed by now, though.

ShaggE

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glemmstengal — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:58:37 MDT

I am in awe of how awesome that picture is

glemmstengal

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T16skyhopp — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:49:10 MDT

i like the design.

i also like drugs and pacman. here is a cartoon i made featuring both!

[video.google.com]

T16skyhopp

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Bleeeee — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:39:27 MDT

whaaaat! i've seen that design so many times on threadless and never noticed it was pacman

Bleeeee

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Prime-Omega — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:19:56 MDT

Anybody else who thought about the power rangers instead of Pac-Man when seeing the picture?

Prime-Omega

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sevendash — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:18:18 MDT

I might have to pick up this shirt if it becomes reavailable on Threadless. Never bought a shirt from there before, only a couple from Shirt.Woot.com but if they produce something like this then I might have to start visiting them more frequently.

sevendash

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Sigma-D — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:16:10 MDT

@ShaggE: Oh I hear ya. It's definitely a good game. Just a quick question for anyone (and a off-topic):

Has anyone checked their stats on GTAIV? On the Addiction Level under GENERAL, what does yours say? Mine says: 'Wake Up Buzz'

Sigma-D

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hrabbit — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:54:06 MDT

I LOVE IT!

hrabbit

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ShaggE — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:46:20 MDT

@Sigma-D: Pretty much. Now if you'll excuse me, I've gotta go make Niko throw bricks at anyone who yells at him when he bumps into them. Then run, giggling like a Slavic school girl. Fuck, I love this game.

ShaggE

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BPMΣ — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:42:30 MDT

@mr.dandy:
Glad I'm not the only one to notice the Atari logo. :)
Although, I think Atari had the license to make the 2600 version of Pac-Man. And they surely did for the NES version (Tengen was a brand name they used for console games, especially unlicensed NES games).

BPMΣ

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Sigma-D — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:35:34 MDT

Everyone MUST be playing GTAIV or something...

Sigma-D

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Sailorcancer — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:06:34 MDT

This was REALLY boring.

Sailorcancer

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Americo — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:51:40 MDT

I found that beat pretty damn catchy.

Americo

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argh — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:48:41 MDT

Lol, I own this shirt, it's pretty old too.

argh

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MizzDiva — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:48:27 MDT

@Chupakun: @mr.dandy: Ok it's good to know I'm not the only one that was thinkin' that...XD

Too classic....now I wanna find this t-shirt of that everybody's talkin' about!

Guess I just gotta settle on the wallpaper (thanks PSN: kingpsyz)! ;)

MizzDiva

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Nedge — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:39:28 MDT

That image must be from the shirt because it has writing on the box and the animation does not.

On the downside: now there is a basis for a crappy movie.

Nedge

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PSN: kingpsyz — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:27:48 MDT

if anyone wants it I made a quick little wallpaper of this
[i141.photobucket.com]

PSN: kingpsyz

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Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:24:04 MDT

DO NOT WATCH THAT ANIMATION WHILE DRINKING KOOL-AID.

ph15h over and out.

Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy

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Dishwasher — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:21:13 MDT

Somone has been reading digg today...

Dishwasher

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Ashkihyena — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:11:03 MDT

@mr.dandy: Yeah, thats what the ghost remind me of, that one ghost on Scooby Doo.

Ashkihyena

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mr.dandy — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:01:04 MDT

I love it! The art is reminiscent of Johnny Quest or early Scooby Doo.

One small note though, Pac Man was originally licensed for the arcade from Namco to Midway, not Atari. But of course neither of them had a good logo to put on the space suit...! Just kidding anyway, I would totally buy this as a shirt.

mr.dandy

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Six_El_Sid — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:54:04 MDT

I rock this shirt, and hard.

Actually, I had to purchase this shirt to balance myself in my girlfriend's eyes after buying that shirt that said "SHIRT, LOL" on the front.

Six_El_Sid

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Ecks — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:50:48 MDT

It's a great picture, I may just get this shirt.

Ecks

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chaos_isnt_here — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:49:43 MDT

yeah, I knew I saw this on threadless

chaos_isnt_here

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BlackPawn — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:49:12 MDT

now all these years of wondering what the hell pac man was has finally come to light.

BlackPawn

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DaoKaioshin — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:45:14 MDT

owen you are like an embedded reporter, haha. great link, as always

DaoKaioshin

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Josh* — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:40:36 MDT

O-L-D.

Josh*

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PogiJet — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:37:55 MDT

I actually turned my volumes down. I was thinking it would scream like one of those exorcist clips.

PogiJet

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TheUncleBob — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:29:23 MDT

$20 after shipping... dang. Anyone got coupon codes?

TheUncleBob

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Obliquity — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:27:13 MDT

@Obliquity: *t-shirt.

Obliquity

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Obliquity — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:26:39 MDT

@ocha: It is a t=shirt on Threadless: [www.threadless.com]

Obliquity

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ocha — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:19:40 MDT

@bangbangblah: I thought the same thing. I really want to make that a t shirt.

ocha

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A_Knothole_Resident — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:15:05 MDT

Now thats a movie I would watch.

A_Knothole_Resident

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Hixxy — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:53:02 MDT

@Mustakrakish: If you were to read 3 posts up, you'd realize that this is from Threadless.

[www.threadless.com]

Hixxy

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eternalplayer2345 — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:46:34 MDT

That shrit reminds me of the scooby doo episode with space phantom scared the crap out of me as a kid.

eternalplayer2345

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我不是中国人。 — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:37:37 MDT

@Strange Bedfellows: Travis76 aka Travis Pitts.

我不是中国人。

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我不是中国人。 — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:35:43 MDT

@Strange Bedfellows: By the way, that's a quote from Travis76, the designer of the T-Shirt.

我不是中国人。

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我不是中国人。 — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:35:14 MDT

True story:
In 1976, Cosmonaut Nikolai Peckmann was sent alone to an orbiting space station for what would be called Mission Six- to study the radiation levels and strange circumstances that killed all four crewmen of the last research mission.
By the third day, Peckmann's broken transmissions were coming back to ground control filled with increasing paranoia and delusion. He claimed that the spirits of the dead cosmonauts were coming to claim him, and that he had to keep moving to evade them. He shouted that if he could capture consume these spirits himself while he still had strength, he could move to the next level of consciousness...Truly the rantings of an insane man.
Indeed, video recovered later would show Peckmann running around the confined but maze-like station, downing emergency sedatives like a madman....pausing in a corner momentarily, only to throw back vitamin pills and give chase to his invisible demons.
He had exhausted the entire cargo of vitamins, pills, and fresh fruit well ahead of schedule. There was no way another crew could be assembled to rescue him before he starved. After one rather violently garbled transmission, the static cleared and the last live image on record is that of Peckmann's empty, wilted spacesuit on the cabin floor.
It was determined that another mission to recover any remains or gather any more research would be a waste of the people's money, and the station was allowed to drift out of orbit and into space- a failure never to be mentioned again. It was ordered and assumed that all video and paper evidence had been destroyed.

..then, at the dawn of the eighties, a fledgling arcade game company called NAMCO would stumble across the transcripts of these events, and the rest -as they say- is history.

okay i just made all that crap up, but with or without a story, I hope it's a cool design.

我不是中国人。

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Sigma-D — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:33:15 MDT

I made a wallpaper of this awhile back, but if I made a link for it, I'd totally be infringing.

Sigma-D

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resetbutton — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:31:30 MDT

@ebheble: exactly!!

resetbutton

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Muffin_Man — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:24:04 MDT

Hey, that makes more sence than I figured Pac-Man could. Neat!

Muffin_Man

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goodbadorugly — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:23:04 MDT

I've got the shirt and the wierd mindbending looks i get when i wear it are priceless. You see the image popping up more and more on the intertron now it seems so it wont be long before people will actually get the joke beforehand.

goodbadorugly

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zanzibarlegend — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:22:26 MDT

o well another threadless purchase for me. alreday ordered... woo hoo!

zanzibarlegend

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ebheble — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:21:49 MDT

where the hell is the t-shirt.. I need a t-shirt -_- .. NOW

ebheble

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King Seafoam — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:20:33 MDT

Now that theres an actual story behind Pac-Man- its gunna be hella hard to actually go with it since it advocates drugs. It be so cool if they used this as their real story.. >=D

King Seafoam

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gunbu — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:15:28 MDT

That's probably the best Pac-Man illustration I've ever seen!

gunbu

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I_fit_in — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:11:11 MDT

Shouldn't the pills be white?

I_fit_in

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Vidril — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:08:29 MDT

It all makes sense now... also second that Tshirt idea O_o

Vidril

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sariah — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:05:55 MDT

Makes me wonder what the power pellets are...

sariah

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icelight — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:02:54 MDT

@Cruithne: Tell you what: now someone can follow the below link, and I will get paid a commission. If, you know, that's how they want to roll.

[www.threadless.com]

icelight

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DigiMish — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:01:52 MDT

it all makes sense now.

DigiMish

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Chupakun — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:59:30 MDT

There's something quite Scooby Dooish about them ghosts...

Chupakun

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Fyren — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:50:45 MDT

I love the subtlety of the helmet.

I am a sucker for threads...

Fyren

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Cruithne — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:47:41 MDT

Yup, just ordered it from Threadless, I hope you guys are on commission here...

Cruithne

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Dan Zuccarelli — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:33:15 MDT

@Mr. Fap☆Fap!: I bought that shirt too, did you see this kickass Duck Hunt one?

[www.thebbps.com]

Dan Zuccarelli

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MR. FAP☆FAP! — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:30:10 MDT

Well, there goes $15 bucks on another awesome t-shirt for me! I dunno why I keep buying these things. I can really only wear them on weekends because of my job these days!

Today I'm wearing that cream colored Zelda shirt that W00t! was selling a few weeks ago, by the way.

MR. FAP☆FAP!

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KM91 — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:29:34 MDT

Weird.

KM91

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IntelSilver — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:25:23 MDT

Clever

IntelSilver

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PowdrdMilkMan — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:21:30 MDT

Bought this shirt from Threadless when it was on sale for $10. It is awesomeness.

PowdrdMilkMan

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zoesch — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:21:29 MDT

Owen, are you crazy? Just listen to that 303 rip... awesome remix and yes it all now makes sense.

zoesch

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D Mitsuki — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:20:24 MDT

I would actualy love to read a comic book about this, it would be full of teh lulz

D Mitsuki

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GusherKid — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:18:39 MDT

Badass. Never seen a YTMND here before.

GusherKid

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Dan Zuccarelli — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:15:15 MDT

@bangbangblah:

I'm surprised to see it pop up on a bunch of sites all the sudden, it's been on threadless for ages.

It's a great shirt though

Dan Zuccarelli

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w991 — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:15:04 MDT

This is a wicked ass pic! Explains the hell out of Pac-Man.

w991

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marvel2468 — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:14:22 MDT

i got one o them shirts! i had to wait 6 months for it to reprint too! worth every penny!

marvel2468

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Mustakrakish — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:12:54 MDT

YTMND getting Kotaku coverage? Pfft.
But the site is fairly good. I want the t-shirt that comes from.

Mustakrakish

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bangbangblah — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:11:37 MDT

@Dan Zuccarelli: haha, well that explains that. I've been to threadless quite often. Probably subliminally put the idea of that being a t-shirt into my head without me remembering.

bangbangblah

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Dauragon C. Mikado — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:11:14 MDT

wow

i am actually really creeped out by that

Dauragon C. Mikado

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AmaraSnookie — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:10:41 MDT

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Dan Zuccarelli — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:08:03 MDT

The picture actually comes from a threadless t-shirt.

It's bee stolen and posted all over the place, but that's where it's from originally

[www.threadless.com]

Dan Zuccarelli

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bangbangblah — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:07:51 MDT

This would make a damn fine t-shirt.

bangbangblah

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Ashurahori — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:07:03 MDT

Racionalization rules.

Ashurahori