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Dtoid forumite loves herself some Nintendo

8:20 PM on 04.17.2007, Anthony Burch 31 comments

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Virutalgirl, a member of our very own Destructoid Forums, recently posted the results of a long-term timeline project for her graphic design class. The assignment? To create a three-dimensional display that chronicles the timeline of something in popular culture.

Because Virtualgirl is effing awesome, she chose Nintendo. The results of her considerable labors (over fifty hours and $250) can be viewed after the jump.

According to Virtualgirl, the exact assignment description reads:

“Design a 2 and 3-dimensional display that chronicles the history of a people, product, event or place (some examples: Irish Migration in the 19th Century; Portable Sound: from the Transistor Radio to the MP3; etc.). This project will involve some ‘lite’ research (I should have read this again before I started…). This project will have height, width and depth, and the viewer will not have a fixed relationship with the display. Find a way to arrange the graphics so the viewer understands the story and the sequence of events."

What resulted was a fantastically professional-looking DVD display stand with timeline information smothered all over it. This thing is basically a mobile orgy of Nintendo information (the best kind of orgy there is). As always, you can hit the forums and compliment her work, or just hit the comments. 


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ZiiG360's Avatar
ZiiG360 at 04/17/2007 20:28
i told you once, ill tell you again. i pissed myself with liquid awsome.
atheistium's Avatar
atheistium at 04/17/2007 20:38
kick ass stuff!
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Gameboi at 04/17/2007 21:00
Great job. It looks very professional.
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Jsun at 04/17/2007 21:02
i have a question, what is that avatar that Reverend Anthony has? Is it Takeshi Kitano?
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ghnvt at 04/17/2007 21:04
That is great. Awesome work!
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Sci-fi Sushi at 04/17/2007 21:16
Epic Win.
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Heavy_Kevy at 04/17/2007 21:20
good job! my curiosity has been piqued. I'd love to read through it. BTW I think that is an avatar of Beat.
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CypherVR at 04/17/2007 21:21
FTFW (For The Fucking Win)
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Virtualgirl at 04/17/2007 21:28
This is SOOOOOO cool!!!! thanks for putting it on the front page!!!
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Niero at 04/17/2007 21:44
Homegirl rocked it
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Nick Chester at 04/17/2007 21:45
Awesome job, Virtualgirl!
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UltraViolence at 04/17/2007 22:22
W00tastic!
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Oni at 04/17/2007 22:36
Wow. That is seriously awesome. What excellent work!

I wish I was that motivated when I went to school
Anthony Burch's Avatar
Anthony Burch at 04/17/2007 23:12
JSun:
Yes.
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LostCrichton at 04/17/2007 23:14
Awesomecellentastic! Yes....that just happened! I seriously love this. Great Job VirtualGirl.
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UNDERSTAR at 04/17/2007 23:48
Takeshi Kitano FTFW!!!
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Your moms new boyfriend at 04/18/2007 00:52
Bravo! Maybe Gamestop should hire her to do those fake used game inserts, instead of that talentless douche that put those weird anime/Gorillaz ripoff art all over everything.

Seriously, who thought those would sell caseless games?
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William Haley at 04/18/2007 02:25
She is hot, but shes no Nex...
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Virtualgirl at 04/18/2007 02:30
oooooooo----another miyamoto signature! i just got him to sign my DS!!!
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Virtualgirl at 04/18/2007 02:31
why does his signature look like boobs?
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William Haley at 04/18/2007 02:55
I personally thought it looked like a Gotta Have It-sized Birthday Cake Remix from Coldstone. I guess that reveals a bit about our individual sexual preferences, eh Virtual?
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Qalamari at 04/18/2007 03:02
Fantastic work, it looks spectacular.

Is there someplace where the pictures are posted in a higher resolution though? Years of focusing on the chunky pea-soup colored GameBoy have reduced my left eye to a somewhat useless meat blob, and I'd really like to read what was written on the side of the display and the cases and so on.
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Vyruz at 04/18/2007 07:24
great project.
though, on the picture with all the consoles in black 'n white i see a console between the N64(with discdrive) and the Gamecube that I can't seem to reconize, it looks a bit like a Dreamcast or a Xbox.
does annyone know that console?
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fetusmilk at 04/18/2007 09:00
what no picture/mention of the U-force for the nes?
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Virtualgirl at 04/18/2007 09:58
Mr. Haley: Yes, it is clear now, I prefer a hot woman to your Ice cream...lol

Qalamari: no prob, I will post the larger files on flickr and send you the link...

Vyruz: Thats the Nintendo iQue from China...the cartridges go straight in to the controller, my bad on making the reciever part large enough to be a console...

Fetusmilk: your name freaks me out...I tried, but the u-force ended up looking like battleship...
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Aktrez at 04/18/2007 12:36
YAY Meggerz!!!! That is pretty amazingly awesome. You are a supastah to the max my friend. :p Loverz you.
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lolinterwebs at 04/19/2007 05:57
nice.

the only thing i'd object to is showing the Power Glove, which Nintendo had nothing to do with.
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Virtualgirl at 04/20/2007 10:50
w00t. Got the project back today! 97% FTW!
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