Imagine waking up to a world where the rules of conventional language no longer make sense. But this is not a place that only lives in your imagination- it is far too real and known as �All your base are belong to us�.
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In 1989, a game called Zero Wing came out for the Sega Genesis by Toaplan. It was an unremarkable game; the only feature that distinguished it from any other side-scrolling shooter was the barbaric way that it treated the English language. Fast forward to the year 2000, after just over a decade in obscurity (living next door to the New Kids on the Block and that guy who starred in Herman�s Head) a parody by David Lloyd at Overclocked.org brought this game�s bad grammar back into the pop culture spotlight. Chat rooms and message boards blazed with phrases like �Somebody set up us the bomb�, and �You are on the way to destruction�. Suicides among English teachers and professors rose 358% over normal rates; the highest for English educators since the Valley Girl phrase �Gag me with a spoon� became popular.
Not too long after the game�s bad grammar resurfaced, the pictures started appearing- many from Tribalwar.com. Then the Laziest Men on Mars mixed the first song. This new craze culminated when Bad_CRC created the first �All your base� video. Shortly after the first �All your base� video hit the NG Portal, parodies started appearing such as Mr. T vs. Cats, Eskimo Bob and Final Fight: 2101. Portal veterans braced for the worst, still weary from the �Wazzup� deluge- but most fortunately, this trend wasn�t as pervasive.
Friday, June 22, 2007
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