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From Russia with pixels; the coolest picture you'll see today photo

The above picture is a tiny cropped segment of the masterpiece that you can find attached to the bottom of this post. It's so monumentally huge (and stuffed full of so many clever details), that I couldn't bring myself to tarnish it with the usual cropping/captioning hackery that I'm known for.

Unfortunately, since the whole thing is in Russian, and all of my Cold War-era bids to defect to the Red side of the curtain were met with denial, denial and mysterious radiation poisoning, respectively, I have almost no idea what the purpose of this picture is. Is it an ad? Is it one fan's unrequited love letter to a cold, unfeeling industry? Or is it something far more sinister?

Much like how many licks it takes to get to the center of Lenin's tomb, the world may never know ...

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ohgr89's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/26/2007 23:39
ohgr89
a year of russian class. here it goes. the title read out "naveegator eegrovogo meera" navigate. something to do with playing. and a measurement. i feel pretty useless. i cant discern what that means.
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/26/2007 23:39
tazarthayoot
This is awesome, something I can ogle and completely deconstruct at work tomorrow.
Pepillou2's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/26/2007 23:44
Pepillou2
I LOVE IT
its style is great
needs moar ninty
Pepillou2's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/26/2007 23:45
Pepillou2
what? PC only?
hmph... ok
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 00:16
Mxyzptlk
Reminds me kinda of those crowd gags by Sergio Aragonés from MAD Magazine, nice.
jimjo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 00:18
jimjo
please tell me it says for sale somewhere on that magnificent piece, i must own one post haste!
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 00:39
Im OK
This is undiluted win.
Masterselect's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 01:15
Masterselect
that is fuckin dope as fuck!
Grimspoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 01:16
Grimspoon
lots of point and click love going on in that pic.

Also....MDK, obscure?
Farktoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 01:32
Farktoid
Wonderful how the artist focused on classic gems and less-known but still brilliant games. A treat for my weary game-soaked eyeballs.
ozkr's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 02:02
ozkr
That's simply awesome!
YARLY's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 02:12
YARLY
rofl @ Marle from Chrono Trigger with Leisure Suit Larry
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 03:07
bleep
its not all in russian,
a little guy at the top is holding a sign that reads:
NO MORE WINDS!
AHAHA thats fucking brilliant because it looks like he is
being blown around by the wind and he....
ahhhhhhhhhh ok its not really that funny.
tourorist's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 03:42
tourorist
In case there are takers to do a clean version:
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=slateel7.jpg

(Any photoshopers in the house?)
mixu's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 04:20
mixu
This picture is from Game Magazine , "Game world navigator"
http://gamenavigator.ru/
fearian's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 04:35
fearian
w00t! discworld refrence :P
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 05:12
ShadowXOR
I'm pretty sure that isn't Marle from Chrono Trigger. It looks more like the chick from the Everquest box art.
specter620's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 05:21
specter620
Love the FF7 square. Sepiroth and Aeris with a fake sword and ketchup bottle. Lolz.
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 05:30
wardrox
Is it possible for any single person to know everything which is in that picture?
Churchhills Dog's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 05:35
Churchhills Dog
The Knight from armed & dangerous having tea with Alice and Pyramid head? This is a person that loves PC games. Gawd Bless 'em.
Pyramid Head's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 05:44
Pyramid Head
Count the wind-up mammoths.
Pyramid Head's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 05:48
Pyramid Head
I got 18.
some_dude's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 06:29
some_dude
I saw a few Dungeon Master 2 chacters, that game rawked.
Mobius's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 06:30
Mobius
This is simply awesome. Kudos to the artist.
sbshootme's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 06:48
sbshootme
Haha, I especially loved Sarge and the UT guy running past each other with the flags from both games, and the Quake ranger below kicks ass too.

also notable Max Payne and the Matrix chick in bullet time
FF7 was a laugh as well :D
thisissami's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 07:06
thisissami
hahaha, yeah, the FF7 reference is great! laughing at cloud is wonderful! :P
lwesquire's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 08:29
lwesquire
Who's the little guy Abe/Munch is talking to? It's really bothering me.
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 08:44
tazarthayoot
Bottom right corner, in the swinging cage, thats Lester and "Buddy" from Out of this World. God I loved that game.
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 08:58
B-Radicate
I think the women with Leisure Suit Larry are (from L to R) Princess Peach, Everquest box art girl, the chick from No One Lives Forever (in the sequel's cover outfit), Lara Croft, the purple chick is presumably the Night Elf chick from WoW unless some one has a better idea, and the blond chick on the pole is beyond me. She could be anyone, couldn't she?


To Larry's left, anyone else think "Cupid" is actually supposed to be Kid Icarus? It would make more sense, wouldn't it? And who is the chick in the ball gag with the Earthworm Kim chick and the other unknown girl in red?

Just to the right of Larry, did anyone else notice Frogger got run over by the guy (which by the way pisses me off I don't recognize who that guy is) fighting with Master Chief? CLASSIC!

Sorry, this image is just too much to handle. Hahaha.
Faraday's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 09:05
Faraday
Kane watering Tiberium! I love that this is PC oriented.
sbshootme's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 09:19
sbshootme
@Just to the right of Larry, did anyone else notice Frogger got run over by the guy (which by the way pisses me off I don't recognize who that guy is) fighting with Master Chief?

hmm, looks like the guy from the carmageddon box art. I could be wrong tho.

btw, who is the dude scything there right to Grim Fandango and Horny(if that was his name, the Dungeon Keeper guy by all means)?
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 09:23
Mabec


Not made by me, but hey, i made it "public" ;)
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 09:26
Mabec
Here is a faster backup:
http://pici.se/pictures/KyBrbwMeq.jpg
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 09:39
falinter
where are the Zombinis from The Logical Journey of the Zombinis??

<img src="http://www.childrenssoftwareonline.com/p_pics/zoombinis2_thumb.jpg">
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 09:40
falinter
urbanyeti's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 10:10
urbanyeti
Anything with Worms' Armageddon and Monkey Island on the same page makes me smile with delight.
smegjacob's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 10:39
smegjacob
As for the ones which still haven´t got a caption. The girl with ball gag and the cupid are from Messiah, Cthulhu's secretary is from Nox and I belive that the girl in right top corner is Kate Walker from Syberia. However it is still boggling me, who is the juggling robot/demon thing behind the Tentacle.

Cool picture and quite clever too. Gee, it has Earthworm Jim with the head of worm from Dune who is going to eat worm from Worms ;-) and Simon the Sorcerer followed by the Luggage. I have just spent entire hour examining it.

Only thing I'm really missing is Clayman.
DigitalD562's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 11:08
DigitalD562
FUCKING EPIC!!!!
psychonautical's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 11:13
psychonautical
MMM Lucasarts references
Joseph Leray's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 11:38
Joseph Leray
This guy winds the internet.
enterthenacho's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 11:58
enterthenacho
That guy in the top right with the scynthe is Patrick from Clive Barker's Undying

http://www.clivebarker.com/images/undying/screens/Patrick&Jeremiah2.jpg
Hannah's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 13:36
Hannah
The little guy in the bottom left is actually a norn, not a grendel :) The grendels are the bad guys in that game.
SlowJamz's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 13:44
SlowJamz
The Title says: "Navigator of the game world 2005". I think it says everything you need to know to understand what is what.
sbshootme's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 13:56
sbshootme
the dude with the giant sword pointing the gun to nemesis' head is the Barbarian from Severance: Blade Of Darkness imho
Astyanax's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 14:32
Astyanax
I think the lass in the upper right is Kate Walker from Syberia...
Astyanax's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 14:33
Astyanax
oops... and i think all the toy elephants are a homage to Syberia, as well.
Astyanax's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 14:35
Astyanax
The digger with the $ flag above April Ryan and to the right of Snake from Metal Gear is from an old 80's PC game called "Digger': it kinda played like Dig Dug, but more fun. :P
TC101's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 15:46
TC101
hmm it looks more like a hydralisk than a lurker
blackviper's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 16:54
blackviper
i think the guy running away from megaman and friends is labeled wrong ("caleb/blood"). kinda looks like an infected terran, but not.

damn that pic with all the names. i was so proud of myself for id'ing malcolm and the guy from painkiller...
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2007 17:06
Topher Cantler
I found Waldo!
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