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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
ohgr89 at 05/26/2007 23:39
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
tazarthayoot at 05/26/2007 23:39
This is awesome, something I can ogle and completely deconstruct at work tomorrow.
Pepillou2's Avatar
Pepillou2 at 05/26/2007 23:44
I LOVE IT
its style is great
needs moar ninty
Pepillou2's Avatar
Pepillou2 at 05/26/2007 23:45
what? PC only?
hmph... ok
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/27/2007 00:16
Reminds me kinda of those crowd gags by Sergio Aragonés from MAD Magazine, nice.
jimjo's Avatar
jimjo at 05/27/2007 00:18
please tell me it says for sale somewhere on that magnificent piece, i must own one post haste!
Im OK's Avatar
Im OK at 05/27/2007 00:39
This is undiluted win.
Masterselect's Avatar
Masterselect at 05/27/2007 01:15
that is fuckin dope as fuck!
Grimspoon's Avatar
Grimspoon at 05/27/2007 01:16
lots of point and click love going on in that pic.

Also....MDK, obscure?
Farktoid's Avatar
Farktoid at 05/27/2007 01:32
Wonderful how the artist focused on classic gems and less-known but still brilliant games. A treat for my weary game-soaked eyeballs.
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ozkr at 05/27/2007 02:02
That's simply awesome!
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YARLY at 05/27/2007 02:12
rofl @ Marle from Chrono Trigger with Leisure Suit Larry
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bleep at 05/27/2007 03:07
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.
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tourorist at 05/27/2007 03:42
In case there are takers to do a clean version:
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=slateel7.jpg

(Any photoshopers in the house?)
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mixu at 05/27/2007 04:20
This picture is from Game Magazine , "Game world navigator"
http://gamenavigator.ru/
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fearian at 05/27/2007 04:35
w00t! discworld refrence :P
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ShadowXOR at 05/27/2007 05:12
I'm pretty sure that isn't Marle from Chrono Trigger. It looks more like the chick from the Everquest box art.
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specter620 at 05/27/2007 05:21
Love the FF7 square. Sepiroth and Aeris with a fake sword and ketchup bottle. Lolz.
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wardrox at 05/27/2007 05:30
Is it possible for any single person to know everything which is in that picture?
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Churchhills Dog at 05/27/2007 05:35
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
Pyramid Head at 05/27/2007 05:44
Count the wind-up mammoths.
Pyramid Head's Avatar
Pyramid Head at 05/27/2007 05:48
I got 18.
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some_dude at 05/27/2007 06:29
I saw a few Dungeon Master 2 chacters, that game rawked.
Mobius's Avatar
Mobius at 05/27/2007 06:30
This is simply awesome. Kudos to the artist.
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sbshootme at 05/27/2007 06:48
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
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thisissami at 05/27/2007 07:06
hahaha, yeah, the FF7 reference is great! laughing at cloud is wonderful! :P
lwesquire's Avatar
lwesquire at 05/27/2007 08:29
Who's the little guy Abe/Munch is talking to? It's really bothering me.
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 05/27/2007 08:44
Bottom right corner, in the swinging cage, thats Lester and "Buddy" from Out of this World. God I loved that game.
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B-Radicate at 05/27/2007 08:58
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.
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Faraday at 05/27/2007 09:05
Kane watering Tiberium! I love that this is PC oriented.
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sbshootme at 05/27/2007 09:19
@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)?
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Mabec at 05/27/2007 09:23


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

<img src="http://www.childrenssoftwareonline.com/p_pics/zoombinis2_thumb.jpg">
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falinter at 05/27/2007 09:40
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urbanyeti at 05/27/2007 10:10
Anything with Worms' Armageddon and Monkey Island on the same page makes me smile with delight.
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smegjacob at 05/27/2007 10:39
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.
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DigitalD562 at 05/27/2007 11:08
FUCKING EPIC!!!!
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psychonautical at 05/27/2007 11:13
MMM Lucasarts references
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Joseph Leray at 05/27/2007 11:38
This guy winds the internet.
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enterthenacho at 05/27/2007 11:58
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
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Hannah at 05/27/2007 13:36
The little guy in the bottom left is actually a norn, not a grendel :) The grendels are the bad guys in that game.
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SlowJamz at 05/27/2007 13:44
The Title says: "Navigator of the game world 2005". I think it says everything you need to know to understand what is what.
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sbshootme at 05/27/2007 13:56
the dude with the giant sword pointing the gun to nemesis' head is the Barbarian from Severance: Blade Of Darkness imho
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Astyanax at 05/27/2007 14:32
I think the lass in the upper right is Kate Walker from Syberia...
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Astyanax at 05/27/2007 14:33
oops... and i think all the toy elephants are a homage to Syberia, as well.
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Astyanax at 05/27/2007 14:35
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
TC101 at 05/27/2007 15:46
hmm it looks more like a hydralisk than a lurker
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blackviper at 05/27/2007 16:54
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
Topher Cantler at 05/27/2007 17:06
I found Waldo!
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