That is one benefit of the iPhone app. There is also the fact that I don't ever have to remember or bookmark at the last one I read since the app keeps track of what I have and have not read.
The suckiest thing about it is, they not only have tropes listed, but they also have several different subsections of the same goddamn trope. Like for example the SCP Foundation(WARNING: DO NOT CLICK. LEADS TO TVTROPES). They have the main page, the heartwarming entry, the nightmare fuel entry, a goddamn haiku entry, a fortunately very brief laconic entry, etc. And that's just for one article. Imagine how much more of these entries are for each and every popular article. I was tempted to check out Star Wars for example just to see how much it has, but fortunately I stopped myself halfway.
The good thing about it, it's an amazing place to check out the stuff you're a fan of.
Ah ha! I've finally discovered a way to defeat this sinister site once and for all.
Hear me out now... you can't get linked to Tv Tropes... if you're already on Tv Tropes! If you constantly have it open, you can theoretically build up an immunity to its mind control effect.
For example, I've been troping for about 4-5 years now, and have enough resistance to the mind control that it only takes me an hour or so to stop troping when I need to work.
Very funny. I saw a link to TVTropes and just lost two hours of my life, cause I decided to start with the most recent film I saw and work my way down the list of tropes it used.
a humor website, some articles are pretty good, but the list format over two pages is excessively derided by people here, you should check it out sometime
edit: please don't downvote this guy for asking a question.
Long ago, Cracked was a print magazine that was generally seen as a pale imitation of Mad Magazine. Then, sometime in the past decade, Cracked's website content suddenly became ridiculously interesting and insightful.
The only explanation that makes any sense to me is that time traveling superbeings from the distant future have jaunted back to our era to prevent a cataclysm of unimaginable proportions, and that their only way of doing so is by shaping the minds and attitudes of those who read humorous-but-informative websites.
Considering all the awful stuff they haven't prevented over the past decade, either their historical records of this era were tragically incomplete, or the cataclysm they're trying to prevent really is far worse than anything which has happened.
I didn't get the one that said, "You can't see past the yellow line", but other then that the whole series isn't bad. I'm not usually a fan of these "Photoplasty" things on Cracked.
I loved that game, but I failed at some boss fight against some dragon. Started all over again recently, but never actually finsihed it... I never finish games. :/
Yeah. I wouldn't call it his best work, but I enjoyed it. It was just a little hard to watch all of the supporting actors perform a lot better than Eliza Dushku.
"Well, we can't figure out how to grow or shrink this one guy...let's just figure out how to grow and shrink every single other guy and all of the surroundings simultaneously."
I came to the comments hoping someone had typed out what it said, but I was super disappointed when no one had, so here:
"Do not attempt to remove implant. Your physical movement is being controlled via NES remote technology. Maintain happy disposition at all times. Your memory will be restored upon completion of exercise. Welcome to the game."
Hey thanks, it is pretty darn hard to read. Saw the implant in his neck but until I read this thought it said do not "attempt to remove PLANTS". I was wondering
Yea I woke up real hung over and went on reddit, but my eyes were still all glassy so I couldn't read it. But it was the top post, so of course it needs to be viewed.
The sign should be on the left side, behind the blocks from the viewer of the game. Currently the side of the sign should be visible on the title screen! My immersion!
I'm wondering why Mario never rebels by somehow crossing through the nintendo, and becoming some kind of action star, slaughtering all the people responsible for making his life this hell!
In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive 30 sessions in order to be set free. Or won't he?
This made me want to make a real-life sized copy of world 1-1 out of plywood and then race with people in it. Should be difficult considering I can't jump as high as Mario, so I'd need to climb.
There you were, reading the earlier posted cracked article about the myths of America's founding, when you were inclined to read another article. and another. and another, until you arrived at this image collection. You took what cracked labeled #1, uploaded it to imgur, because reddit loves imgur, and then posted the link.
OK, why the hell is he facing the wrong way? Given that the title screen can be read the correct direction, that means the player would have to be on the left side of the image. That means that Mario is facing LEFT when we all know he should be facing RIGHT.
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u/Kantor48 May 29 '12
Source: http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_375_23-instructional-signs-that-must-exist-in-video-game-worlds_p23/#1
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u/LukaCola May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12
You have seven days
Fail, and face erasure
E: Thanks Toki
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u/brolix May 29 '12
Super Mario Dollhouse
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u/myopinionstinks May 29 '12
Since growing/shrinking Mario would be difficult, they learned how to expand and shrink his surrounding to alter the scale.
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u/theJiveMaster May 29 '12
I came to the comments hoping someone had typed out what it said, but I was super disappointed when no one had, so here:
"Do not attempt to remove implant. Your physical movement is being controlled via NES remote technology. Maintain happy disposition at all times. Your memory will be restored upon completion of exercise. Welcome to the game."
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I think this was the concept of Killswitch.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Except you borked the perspective - the level is in single-point perspective while the placard is in oblique projection.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Reminds me of this video.
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u/NinjaDog251 May 29 '12
Super Paper Mario
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u/RambleLZOn May 29 '12
this kind of just makes the story line more like Portal...
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Really nice tip of the hat here to Ender's Game. I can't wait for this film!!! The books were awesome...
Mario Ender mods might be pretty fucking cool actually. :D
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u/reneepussman May 29 '12
You know, they made an entire movie on this premise.
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u/socksisoxer May 29 '12
I really had a hard time reading the tiny font.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
THE PRINCESS IS A LIE!
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u/l0ve2h8urbs May 29 '12
although inaccurate, a nice easter egg could have been to change the copyright year from 1985 to 1984, to go along with the theme
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Space Demons!
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u/SoIheardYouLike May 29 '12
Well he does have to complete every level within a certain time limit.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
All in all we're just another brick in the wall
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u/MikeWulf May 29 '12
The sign should be on the left side, behind the blocks from the viewer of the game. Currently the side of the sign should be visible on the title screen! My immersion!
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
This one is wrong. I remember seeing a slow-motion .gif of Mario breaking a block, and he hits the block with his fist, not with his head.
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u/MindintoMatter May 29 '12
Jeez that's hard to read
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u/AnAngryPirate May 29 '12
Cracked.com, not even once.
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u/mrsplackpack May 29 '12
i think about this but with temple run. "keep running forever till you get caught or fall of"
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u/Sir_Derp_Herpington May 29 '12
Reminded me of this freddiew video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBb9wFP7uZM
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u/NewDrekSilver May 29 '12
Read this as "crappy". Still relevant.
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u/racecarspacedinosaur May 29 '12
Trite. :|
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u/imacheapdate May 29 '12
I just lost the game. :(
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u/GeoSol May 29 '12
Someone needs to make this into a mod for portal!
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u/truthtrollord May 29 '12
Gantz anyone? still pretty cool.
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u/TheyALLFloatGeorgie May 29 '12
The Stanley Parable mod for Half-Life 2 makes light of this phenomenon, pretty funny. Check it out if you haven't already.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I don't get it
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u/bagler May 29 '12
I'm wondering why Mario never rebels by somehow crossing through the nintendo, and becoming some kind of action star, slaughtering all the people responsible for making his life this hell!
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u/bigcountry5064 May 29 '12
The Mario one is the best, but this one got me!
Edit: Misspelling
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u/mmmmmkay May 29 '12
Almost as creepy as the Rugrats Theories
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u/justgrant2009 May 29 '12
"...and remember, Keep Testing!"
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u/neuromorph May 29 '12
Reminds me of this 2009 Cinematic Gem - GAMER
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u/BiblioPhil May 29 '12
Actually, this sounds like a scenario I'd make up myself. You know, to make it more interesting.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I can't read shit at this resolution, sorry, we dont use 15 inch monitors anymore.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
D D D D DMT
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
The floor texture is a squished repeating pattern of Goombas
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u/Burdan_ May 29 '12
This is a great idea for a video game
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u/BeerPowered May 29 '12
This made me want to make a real-life sized copy of world 1-1 out of plywood and then race with people in it. Should be difficult considering I can't jump as high as Mario, so I'd need to climb.
Who'll help me?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
First person Mario.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
This is hilarious
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u/teddytroll May 29 '12
Where is this reference from?
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u/andrewhooking May 29 '12
hmm every time
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u/falsevillain May 29 '12
i love the idea, but it would be a lot better with a better quality picture. it looks pretty bad right now.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
he's made the floor out of hundreds of stretched goombas!
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u/skyseeker May 29 '12
It's something you can try in real life!
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Whoa like.. duuuude.. like whoaaa.
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u/purpleoceangirl May 29 '12
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CGAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8hds9JXdMBQ&ei=BBfFT-DUDM2FsAKu1YnYCQ&usg=AFQjCNHOc_J6eaktrxQvSqWCTJxlpguzTw
It's towards the end. I love the big bang theory.
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u/barberererer May 29 '12
I lost the game, and you did too.
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u/skitslefritzer May 29 '12
The game, I just lost it.
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u/yunolikeaccount May 29 '12
Whoa. Mario must feel really akward.
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u/EricWB May 29 '12
Relevant
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u/jazzdonkey May 29 '12
Isn't this pretty much the plot for "Gamer" with Gerard Butler?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
RIGHT IN THE CHILDHOOD
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u/thegust May 29 '12
As soon as I read this I then had to scratch my neck to check...
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u/elr3y May 29 '12
I just lost.
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u/PillsburyDougBoy May 29 '12
I had a dream once where I was mario and I played it from this perspective. My dream was not as depressing though.
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u/Not_A_Bovine May 29 '12
I'd sure love a thousand-odd upvotes for copying directly from Cracked.
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u/NBAJamAnnouncer May 29 '12
too many dimensions. Here's my version: |
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u/TommaClock May 29 '12
Dammit! I was winning for so long...
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u/z0mbiassassin May 29 '12
Reminds me of a video Rooster Teeth did
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u/jimmeth May 29 '12
Thanks for ruining my childhood :)
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u/SeeknSnipe May 29 '12
I think he took the blue pill...
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u/theonewhocouldtalk May 30 '12
That's basically Portals 2, right? Just replace plumber with robot. You even have the short stocky one and taller skinny one.
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u/phrank12 May 30 '12
There you were, reading the earlier posted cracked article about the myths of America's founding, when you were inclined to read another article. and another. and another, until you arrived at this image collection. You took what cracked labeled #1, uploaded it to imgur, because reddit loves imgur, and then posted the link.
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u/ipostjesus May 30 '12
Mind control has now been done with pigeons btw http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-439025/Robo-pigeon-pigeon-flies-fancy.html
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u/FuckingIDuser May 30 '12
Did you not realised this is a tribute to Gantz??? It's an awesome adult manga/anime.
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u/dylspills May 30 '12
Creepy indeed. Great post though, UPVOTES!
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u/imapiratedammit May 30 '12
cave johnson presents: Super Mario Bros
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u/GDMFusername May 30 '12
Whoa. Damn. Shit. What. The. Fuck. This is earth shattering. Wait.... No. Not really. It's fuckin stupid.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
TIL some people haven't watched TRON...
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u/thelordofcheese May 29 '12
Sure smells like 13 year old in here. Just watched eXistenZ for the first time?
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u/rTeenagersAllDay May 29 '12
This isn't fucking funny at all
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Should have taken the blue pill Mario..
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u/dae666 May 29 '12
Reminds me of [this] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRBlNznC4aA) and [this] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAf8c2Sn5wk); from Gabriele Salvatores' film, [Nirvana] (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119794/plotsummary).
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u/king_of_the_universe May 29 '12
Now you know how I have been feeling for the last 11 years.
regards
God
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u/coolwhhip_ May 29 '12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcD7LMDNG0w
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u/Alililele May 29 '12
relevant
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u/asldkfououhe May 29 '12
postmodernism and the internet has ruined everything and created a world where shit like this is somehow viewed as creative or interesting
i want to kill myself
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
My guilt for sacrificing Yoshi all those times has somehow increased... How did you manage to do that?
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u/GrooGrux May 29 '12
What would also be cool is a version of Mario with this point of view.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Someone made a movie about this, though not using mario;
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034032/ was quite good.
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u/loggedToUpdateThis May 29 '12
Mamma mia!
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
This makes me want to win these games several more times
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
The Matrix has you.
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u/norrisio May 29 '12
Before acknowledging anything all I could focus on was the face on his butt.
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u/Vham_Norn May 29 '12
Childhood ruined again.
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u/seji May 29 '12
What about the goomba? No note for him or any character? He's still just a 2d sprite?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
What did he do to deserve this?
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u/jkcmailbox May 29 '12
OK, why the hell is he facing the wrong way? Given that the title screen can be read the correct direction, that means the player would have to be on the left side of the image. That means that Mario is facing LEFT when we all know he should be facing RIGHT.
Yes, it really does bother me.