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Monday Mind Teasers 09/08/08 photo

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones.

With Monday Mind Teasers being the oldest weekly feature on the site, I'm starting to forget what themes I have and haven't visited before. Halfway into making tonight's teasers I realized that I've already used this theme, but instead of tossing out the idea, I managed to come up with a whole new set of images to keep you puzzled.

This week's theme is also relevant to a recent event, so it shouldn't take too long to decipher. As usual, don't be afraid to shout out ideas and work together as a team to solve them all. Good luck!


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comradetrotskii's Avatar
comradetrotskii at 09/08/2008 22:25
Hard 2 is 'Doshin the Giant' on the GameCube. Before I rattle through any more can I just check that I'm doing it right.

It is the games we are looking for and not the theme, yes?
ZServ's Avatar
ZServ at 09/08/2008 22:26
easy #1 is ecco. lol
Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 09/08/2008 22:31
@ comradetrotskii
the goal is to solve both the theme and all of the game covers. it obviously helps to solve theme as soon as possible though.

@ Zserv -- please be more specific.
comradetrotskii's Avatar
comradetrotskii at 09/08/2008 22:31
Easy 3 is Banjo Kazooie: Nuts 'n' Bolts and Easy 4 is Tomb raider Underworld.
Guagloves's Avatar
Guagloves at 09/08/2008 22:33
Medium #2 is Tiger Woods PGA 2009
ZeeJayTL's Avatar
ZeeJayTL at 09/08/2008 22:33
Medium 2- Tiger Woods '09 I believe (not the Wii one)
Respectable Gentleman's Avatar
Respectable Gentleman at 09/08/2008 22:36
easy 1 is ecco the dolphin
DanlHaas's Avatar
DanlHaas at 09/08/2008 22:36
easy 1 is the original Ecco the dolphin, for the genesis.
medium 2 MIGHT be Tiger Woods PGA tour 09. His stance is a little off, though.
Person of Lordly Caliber's Avatar
Person of Lordly Caliber at 09/08/2008 22:40
Theme: NFL Football teams
Current teams, unless you wanted to be an ass and have a game with the word Senator in it.
DanlHaas's Avatar
DanlHaas at 09/08/2008 22:43
How does Tomb Raider work into football?
DanlHaas's Avatar
DanlHaas at 09/08/2008 22:44
Oh, right the raiders. Hurf durf.
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ZeeJayTL at 09/08/2008 22:44
so does that make Medium 1 MGS4 guns of the patriots?
Spykron's Avatar
Spykron at 09/08/2008 22:45
hard 3 is titan quest
ZeeJayTL's Avatar
ZeeJayTL at 09/08/2008 22:49
and here I am watching the halftime recap just paing attention to fucking NFL teams and how they can be games
comradetrotskii's Avatar
comradetrotskii at 09/08/2008 22:50
Medium 1 would be Too Human?

Is there an NFL team by the (nick)name the Vikings? (I'm from the UK, so cut me some slack)
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Reeper at 09/08/2008 22:50
Is hard #3 Spartan: Total Worrior?
Person of Lordly Caliber's Avatar
Person of Lordly Caliber at 09/08/2008 22:51
Hard 4 Jet Moto
kwaselow's Avatar
kwaselow at 09/08/2008 22:51
If the theme and medium 2 are correct, I declar3e shennanigans. The Tigers are not an NFL team
Respectable Gentleman's Avatar
Respectable Gentleman at 09/08/2008 22:52
hard 4 is Jet Moto
ZeeJayTL's Avatar
ZeeJayTL at 09/08/2008 22:53
yeah theres a viking team
DanlHaas's Avatar
DanlHaas at 09/08/2008 22:53
Medium 3 is Saint's Row 2
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
TrailerParkJesus at 09/08/2008 22:53
ingenious theme
Reeper's Avatar
Reeper at 09/08/2008 22:54
The theme I believe is the Olympics.
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Person of Lordly Caliber at 09/08/2008 22:56
Theme is sports in general...Fronz used an incorrect form of naming with Bolts. They are the Tampa Bay LIGHTNING, the Bolts are their unofficial nickname.
I just thought he was making a joke on the Colts.
Respectable Gentleman's Avatar
Respectable Gentleman at 09/08/2008 22:57
the perfect opportunity to mention That's So Raven and you blew it. Great job, Fronz.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 09/08/2008 22:58
I remember when you did this theme the first time.

P.S. Why weren't you at PAX? I have wanted to meet you for like almost three years now.
ZeeJayTL's Avatar
ZeeJayTL at 09/08/2008 22:59
or bolts as a nickname for the Chargers.

Or the game is wrong?
DanlHaas's Avatar
DanlHaas at 09/08/2008 23:02
@person of lordly caliber

I had just assumed he was using that for the bears. Banjo and all. But you might be right.
Person of Lordly Caliber's Avatar
Person of Lordly Caliber at 09/08/2008 23:03
Easy 2: Age of Empires III The Warchiefs.
Using Bolts was still pretty offsetting, probably why it wasn't easy.
Audio Video's Avatar
Audio Video at 09/08/2008 23:06
Medium #2: Eagle Eye Golf
DanlHaas's Avatar
DanlHaas at 09/08/2008 23:09
Whoa, Audio Video! Nice find! How the heck is that a Medium?
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comradetrotskii at 09/08/2008 23:12
Stabbing in the dark here (and also needing to go to bed) but is Hard 1 Call of Juarez?

It's a similar stance to Reverend Rays but very deformed.

With that I bow out.
Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 09/08/2008 23:13
Theme -- solved

Easy 1 -- solved
Easy 2 -- solved
Easy 3 -- solved
Easy 4 -- solved

Medium 1 -- solved
Medium 3 -- solved

Hard 2 -- solved
Hard 3 -- solved
Hard 4 -- solved

Also -- OOPS! Messed up on the chargers being Bolts, sorry about that. You guys are just that good that you got it anyways :)

Also, it looks like Medium 2 and Hard 1 are both still unsolved. Tiger Woods is not the correct golf game franchise. Keep looking!
Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 09/08/2008 23:16
Medium 2 -- solved!

Hard 1 -- still unsolved
Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 09/08/2008 23:22
@ DanlHaas and Reeper: hahahaha

@ Respectable Gentlemen: "the perfect opportunity to mention That's So Raven and you blew it. Great job, Fronz."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I haven't laughed that hard reading comments in a long time, oh man. I can't believe you remember that!

For those confused he's talking about a story I told in the last NFL teasers post:
http://www.destructoid.com/monday-mind-teasers-11-05-07-52760.phtml

"me and my friends used to watch random shows muted, Mystery Science Theater 3000 style, and we tried That's So Raven once. I swear the plot behind each episode is her eating food, and lots of it. The episode we saw involved cake, and someone stealing it from Raven, and I swear to god, by the end of the episode Raven stuffed the insides of the kid's jacket with Xmas lights and electrocuted the kid for stealing her cake. fat whore indeed."

true story, the episode is real.

man, you guys cracked me up this week, thanks for the great comments.
Audio Video's Avatar
Audio Video at 09/08/2008 23:31
DanlHaas: I did it once before about one or two months ago at this point. I did it THAT time the brute force method (because, really, who needs to do anything productive when you can look up game covers on GameSpot?).
Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 09/08/2008 23:34
Hard 1 -- still unsolved!
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
TrailerParkJesus at 09/09/2008 00:09
Hard 1 is the Cincinnati Bengals
Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 09/09/2008 00:09
Also, I guess I should add that Hard #1 is a team that's already been used by another teaser this week -- there were 2 great teaser possibilities, so I did them both for the same team.
OpTiMaL's Avatar
OpTiMaL at 09/09/2008 00:12
Hard 1 is Giants: Citizen Kabuto
DanlHaas's Avatar
DanlHaas at 09/09/2008 00:21
Looks right to me, OpTiMaL.
Great work, everyone. G'night.
Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 09/09/2008 00:34
Yep, Hard 1 has been solved by OpTiMaL -- good job everyone! This has been one of the best weeks of teasers in a long time. See yuh all next week.
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