Aug 18 2009Mom, Where Do Video Games Come From?
This is a little gallery of photographs by Marc Da Cunha Lopes showing the factories where video games come from. This photo here is the factory where Tetris blocks are manufactured, but if you hit the jump you'll see (in this order) the Sonic, Pong, Mario and Arkanoid factories. And to think my mom told me video games came from a Japanese stork. That's only true for Asian babies, silly!
Hit the jump for the rest, and the link to see the shots in high-res.
Offworld Gallery: The games factory, how Mario, Tetris, Sonic, Pong were made [offworld]
Thanks to Patrick, who hasn't gotten sick since starting work at the Dr. Mario factory.
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Reader Comments
1. Mr. cow - August 18, 2009 1:20 PM
Moo
2. Dream - August 18, 2009 1:20 PM
2
3. blasius - August 18, 2009 1:21 PM
First?
4. Dream - August 18, 2009 1:22 PM
I like the tetris and sonic pictures though.
rofl
5. hmm - August 18, 2009 1:22 PM
nice stuff ..but i think this is the original
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6. jimmy - August 18, 2009 1:24 PM
GW, you have to to block mybrute links.
7. wesxninja - August 18, 2009 1:30 PM
#4's kind of a stretch
it's hard to tell at first glance that that's a mushroom being carved out
8. Timbo - August 18, 2009 1:34 PM
So what's the last one supposed to be?
9. Spikey DaPikey - August 18, 2009 1:35 PM
@8 i think its pong...
10. Dishy Dishyington - August 18, 2009 1:37 PM
Mr Cow, thanks for sharing your thoughts (as well as your "milk"). You and Daisy are the reason I read these comments at all. I confess I sometimes tap the refresh button for hours waiting for your contribution. Never back down.
Your comment today is exceptionally clever, since "Moo" means "First" in cow.
How's Mrs Bull nowadays?
11. Checo - August 18, 2009 1:45 PM
Wow, very nice xD I like it :)
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12. Animals With Lightsabers - August 18, 2009 1:59 PM
These are very cool, but what the hell is a "games/fashion magazine"? If there's one thing that us gamer are into besides games, it's fashion.
13. hobo - August 18, 2009 2:01 PM
That's not pong you fools, it's break out.
14. Ollie Williams - August 18, 2009 2:03 PM
My vote is that you just remove all links in the comments section. And the sonic is my favorite, superb photography by the way, excellent lighting.
15. BathCaptain - August 18, 2009 2:12 PM
Cool but I could do a better job in my sleep, good idea LAME execution
At least this bewby traps post will make yo laugh, GUARANTEED!@#$%^
http://themostawesomepageintheuniverse.com/2009/08/awesome-bewby-traps-post-2-0/
16. pants - August 18, 2009 2:15 PM
@ 8,9, and 13 if you had read the post you would know that it's not Pong; it's Arkanoid. #3 is Pong.
@14 It's probably not actual photography.
17. GoSS Jerk - August 18, 2009 2:18 PM
@ 15 Fu.k off, yours is the lamest, crapiest, shitiest, page in the universe
18. Timbo - August 18, 2009 2:22 PM
@16 Oh... ya.... I must've missed that part. Never heard of it...
19. STOMPY - August 18, 2009 2:30 PM
@Ollie
Keep the sonice rings, get rid of everything else, and this isn't GW worthy....
20. grem-fernal - August 18, 2009 2:31 PM
1,2,3,5,11,15:
Society is crumbling in part due to the ignorance, insipidness and complete lack of values and sophistication of you and your ilk. You create nothing, you add nothing, you devalue everything you contact. You trivialize anything of worth. If you are in any way amused by this or feel compelled to express joy at your distructive influence it only supports the fact that you are all of no value or worth, emotionally stunted.
Oh, and RoboticDeathArmy's a fag.
21. aion kinah - August 18, 2009 2:40 PM
Haha! These are cool! I wonder if there would a factory where online games like WoW, Aion Online and other MMORPG's came from.
22. bribios - August 18, 2009 2:44 PM
All the links in the comments section are more offensive than bad language. Any chance we can swap the bans on the site?
23. Ollie Williams - August 18, 2009 2:45 PM
@16, Yes, it is actual photography. It's been edited, but that's not what I actually commented on.
@19, Either way, I would classify this under "awesome". Others wouldn't I guess. Being a professional photographer helps.
PS- Who wants this dog!?
24. luke - August 18, 2009 3:02 PM
Nice, Nice. Why haven't you posted anything about this woman whos pregnant with 12 kids? Here's the link:
http://www.whyilovetheinternet.com/archives/216
25. Ollie Williams - August 18, 2009 3:04 PM
@24
GTFO.
26. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 18, 2009 3:07 PM
Awesome pics!
24 - Luke, perhaps you missed the "contact" page on this site. E-mail him your asinine questions.
27. Pat - August 18, 2009 3:26 PM
Very creative, but the last one is kinda weak.
28. Daisy - August 18, 2009 3:31 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a comeplete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadowe's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never BAck Down where Max handcuffed a prisoner to a tree outside Baja's house and then went inside to mess around with her.
29. Crash - August 18, 2009 3:43 PM
The sonic one is my favorite. :]
30. naas - August 18, 2009 3:53 PM
The rings in the sonic factory make it look steampunky shyamalamanamama
31. Gargamel - August 18, 2009 4:37 PM
Stunning photos. I'd like to read the story on how they were created...is that on the interwebs anywhere?
@23, I'll take the damn dog.
32. Ollie Williams - August 18, 2009 5:02 PM
@31
Here is his portfolio: http://www.aisakie.com/
33. kyle - August 18, 2009 5:28 PM
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34. ciao - August 18, 2009 5:30 PM
lmao @ tetris one. I wonder if there's gonna be more of these goodies in the future.
35. dliup - August 18, 2009 5:46 PM
Cool stuff. Just need to use those things on these people:
All you reeeetards posting URLs. Do you know all comment sections have implemented nofollow for links? You are wasting your energy posting those useless links. M000rons.
36. Yutzwagon - August 18, 2009 5:49 PM
you'reallfaggots.mybrute.com
37. fetus_mcnuggets - August 18, 2009 6:44 PM
the third pic reminds me of how i like to chew erasers :)
sodelicate and soft ....
just wanna sink my teeth in it
38. Daisy - August 18, 2009 6:50 PM
FAKE!
This is a complete photosh-- what the eff am I saying I quit I'm never posting again.
39. geekogee - August 19, 2009 11:37 AM
Must See
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40. Leonidas - August 19, 2009 11:58 AM
Pretty cool, I just wonder why the need a lathe in the Arkanoid factory, where the bricks are made?
@20: *destructive* —3 fingers pointing back at ya?
41. Leonidas - August 19, 2009 12:05 PM
*they*
oh, the irony.
42. Eulalia - August 19, 2009 1:08 PM
I love these so much!!! XD
43. Nike NBA Shoes - September 11, 2009 3:04 AM
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