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UR MR GAY! Super Mario Galaxy artwork holds a mirror to your homosexuality
by Jim Sterling on 09.16.2007 62 comments

UR MR GAY! Super Mario Galaxy artwork holds a mirror to your homosexuality screenshot

There's something about we gamers that seems to give us an innate ability to home in on any and all homoerotic material and make as big a deal of it as possible. This would help explain why everybody's jumping on the 'news' that if you try really hard, you can almost pretend that Super Mario Galaxy's cover artwork is a covert accusation that, and I quote, "UR MR GAY".

How do we crack the subtle code contained in the image to discover the juicy gay treasure within? It's very simple, actually. Look at the text above, and pay attention to the letters used to spell out our vulgar convolution. Every letter of UR MR GAY has a little starry sparkle on it, while the other letters are blessed not in such a manner. Under the weight of such evidence, how can we not draw the conclusion that Nintendo is made up of hardcore homophobes who think we are all Mr. Gays?

This has already lit up our community blogs (join our community and blog today!), but considering everybody in the Destructoid staff room has been snickering immaturely all night, we figured maybe this ridiculous discovery deserves some mainpage love. Actually, it totally doesn't, but we're not known for being sensible here on The 'Toid. Go to Sr. Serious' Serious Game Blog of Seriousness if you want something more mature.

Hahaha ... gay.



Latest comment by ewetaradiginadam |view all 62 comments
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BFeld13's Avatar
BFeld13 at 09/16/2007 20:49

SEXIST! Where is Mrs. Gay?
Daddygerplex's Avatar
Daddygerplex at 09/16/2007 20:50

i feel gay now
Gameboi's Avatar
Gameboi at 09/16/2007 20:52

*chuckles* I knew it! The princess thing was just as sham! We've been had.
Dick McVengeance's Avatar
Dick McVengeance at 09/16/2007 20:56

It's obvious: Nintendo has been spending too much time with Bridget.
SPJglitches's Avatar
SPJglitches at 09/16/2007 20:57

I love the "Gay friendly" category at the bottom...
SPJglitches's Avatar
SPJglitches at 09/16/2007 20:57

^Well that came out wrong.

:(
EternalDarkWing's Avatar
EternalDarkWing at 09/16/2007 20:58

Deathsaw's Avatar
Deathsaw at 09/16/2007 20:59

That's good news because I don't have a Wii. Guess i'm not gay. That explains everyone who does like it.
ConsFEARacy's Avatar
ConsFEARacy at 09/16/2007 21:02

Nu-uh...

Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 09/16/2007 21:03

"Sr. Serious' Serious Game Blog of Seriousness"

I heard if you spam them.. they find your house and give you 20 lashes... no joke..
ConsFEARacy's Avatar
ConsFEARacy at 09/16/2007 21:10



Alright....now I'm confused....
ZeroTolo's Avatar
ZeroTolo at 09/16/2007 21:10

now I'm confused... who really posted this first? Wasn't it Lemon?
bottled dark's Avatar
bottled dark at 09/16/2007 21:12

lemon did it in the first place i believe.
TheToiletDuck's Avatar
TheToiletDuck at 09/16/2007 21:20

You can clearly see using the 3 letters vertically on the far right that this is directed to ROY.

Sucks to be Roy right now, burned.
Das Inchworm's Avatar
Das Inchworm at 09/16/2007 21:23

LOL at cross eyed luigi
WinkingEyeAlcoholSuggestion's Avatar
WinkingEyeAlcoholSuggestion at 09/16/2007 21:23

"Sr. Serious' Serious Game Blog of Seriousness"

Whats the URL for that?
Oni's Avatar
Oni at 09/16/2007 21:27

Ok, Dick McV, I think you've had enough Guilty Gear XX AC for awhile.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
deiga-the-semivaliant at 09/16/2007 21:27

www.joystiq.com
topgeargorilla's Avatar
topgeargorilla at 09/16/2007 21:32

god, gamers are such homophobic lil brats.

We all need to grow the hell up a little bit.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 09/16/2007 21:32

OMG LEMON TOTALLY POSTED THIS A MILLION YEARS AGO WAY TO KEEP UP
Heretic's Avatar
Heretic at 09/16/2007 21:43

Gaybear will buy millions of copies.
Trevor McGee's Avatar
Trevor McGee at 09/16/2007 21:54

Haha, hey, it's cool that I at least managed to get linked to as well despite having been beaten to it about a day ago by Lemon.
Fading_Star's Avatar
Fading_Star at 09/16/2007 22:14

Fading_Star
Killed the president of Paraguay with a fork.

Ha. This is crazy. Mario, stay strong.
topgeargorilla's Avatar
topgeargorilla at 09/16/2007 22:18

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Spectral at 09/16/2007 22:20

Subliminal advertising?

rotflmao @ EternalDarkWing with the Luigi pic
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 09/16/2007 22:24

I lol'd
grrza's Avatar
grrza at 09/16/2007 23:03

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
Thornnn's Avatar
Thornnn at 09/16/2007 23:03

Funny
balth's Avatar
balth at 09/16/2007 23:06

MR NOT...MR2 MR GAY!

I lulzd.

That is all.
FuriousGeorge's Avatar
FuriousGeorge at 09/16/2007 23:23

you know how I know YOU'RE gay?

Because you find the gay in gay things
DJDuffy 's Avatar
DJDuffy at 09/16/2007 23:36

I'm gay? thanx captain obvious!
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 09/17/2007 00:01

NO U!
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar
AngelsDontBurn at 09/17/2007 00:07

LOL GAYZ!
Dutch's Avatar
Dutch at 09/17/2007 00:27

lawl, chocolate avenger
falthorn's Avatar
falthorn at 09/17/2007 00:29

Just peering at the title reveals this anagram: Lag Yax Rape Sum Rio
Even stranger, all of those letters are adjacent in the logo. Confounding!
Boolean's Avatar
Boolean at 09/17/2007 01:29

Isn't this game also set in a Far Away Galaxy?

Eh? EH?
Ogu's Avatar
Ogu at 09/17/2007 01:35

Hmm... Mario has always shown a side of me I didn't know. And he did it again. First with drugs, now this!
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 09/17/2007 02:09

I don't know what to say. I never thought Nintendo would actually call me "Mr. Gay." That hurts, Nintendo.
Amayirot Akago's Avatar
Amayirot Akago at 09/17/2007 02:36

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THEY PINCH BACK.
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Cloudman at 09/17/2007 03:51

It will be like the end of super mario world where it spells YOU ARE A SUPER PLAYER with coins except it will say U R MR GAY
Fanatism's Avatar
Fanatism at 09/17/2007 04:07

Once again:

soul3150's Avatar
soul3150 at 09/17/2007 06:54

What can I say? I'm Wii-curious.

And now my mind is filled with every plumber & pipe innuendo possible. And that's alot of pipe.
soul3150's Avatar
soul3150 at 09/17/2007 07:02

Oh and don't you guys know? Homosexuality is the best cover for an Interzone agent.

Mario's latest power-up must be Mugwhump jism.
alexkorova's Avatar
alexkorova at 09/17/2007 07:10

"Oh and don't you guys know? Homosexuality is the best cover for an Interzone agent.

Mario's latest power-up must be Mugwhump jism."

Haha, that's what I came into the comments section to write :)
DGX Goggles's Avatar
DGX Goggles at 09/17/2007 08:18

OMG, Mario is GAY?! This changes everything! Vegeta whats the scouter say about his gay level?

balth's Avatar
balth at 09/17/2007 11:04

According to gametab http://www.gametab.com,

This is the most popular news story on teh intarwebs.

Woot.

That is all.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 09/17/2007 12:57

I get top story on Gametab all the time. With a headline like "UR MR GAY" I knew it was coming. :-)
dv8withn8's Avatar
dv8withn8 at 09/17/2007 14:33

The guy who initially noticed this is the real Mr Gay. Bear with me a minute while I explain... To be looking at a series of letters that spell out something clearly and intentionally and then have your mind pick out letters from within that series which alter it's original message to "U R MR GAY" says to me that this person is a closet homosexual. I'm no psychology major but I think Dr. Freud would agree I was onto something.
FLS119's Avatar
FLS119 at 09/17/2007 18:49

Hahah for subliminal messages within Nintendo. And I'm a Nintendo fan.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar
Cowboy TTop at 09/17/2007 20:59

Honestly, who on earth waists their time giving this thought. This is pathetic, move along to something worth our time.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 09/18/2007 07:47

EPIC!
tapanga's Avatar
tapanga at 09/18/2007 12:01

Dan Brown would be jealous- there is more evidence here than in any of his crap.
bleep's Avatar
bleep at 09/18/2007 14:42

I thought this was a bit cheeky when Lemon did it, but Front Page...really??
Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 09/19/2007 19:46

Fact: Metal Mario is made out of metal. Metal is stronger than ice. If ice is so strong, then why isn't Metal Mario made out of ice?

Spread the truth: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=af07
brimtastic's Avatar
brimtastic at 09/20/2007 07:14

ElementalBlazer's Avatar
ElementalBlazer at 10/03/2007 21:38

I'm pretty sure Nintendo is going the Nirvana route by calling everyone gay.....in a cryptic way
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 11/01/2007 15:10

I am most certainly not MR GAY
blixt's Avatar
blixt at 01/23/2008 17:03

Certainly, nothing could PENETRATE the evidence put forth by this ANALytical study. No pun intended.

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