Rampaged Reality

Bert & Ernie Reimagined as Ruthless Criminals by Dan LuVisi

Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie have their lives turned upside down in California-based digital concept artist Dan LuVisi’s new pop culture illustration titled, “My Brother’s Keeper.” It’s looks like a rad mixture of Breaking Bad and Taxi Driver. “Ernie, it’s time to cook!”

“Well here’s the story. I imagined Bert as a Marine who left his little brother behind for the Vietnam war. Over the years, Ernie started to turn into a junkie without his brother’s guidance, falling into the wrong crowd and dealing/using with the wrong people—thus making some very bad mistakes.

Until Bert returned, leaving one war, only to fight another for his brother. 

Oh man, Ernie. What a psycho.”

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IT Crowd Creator Graham Linehan Bringing the Geeky British Sitcom Back For One Last Episode

“Hello IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?”

During a Q&A session at the German re:publica digital conference, IT Crowd creator and writer Graham Linehan announced that he is bringing the award-winning geeky British sitcom and cast members (Chris O’Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson and Matt Berry) back to Channel 4 for one last special forty-minute episode. According to Bleeding Cool, this final episode will be filmed in three weeks.

You can read more via my post on Laughing Squid.

via Bleeding Cool, Laughing Squid

Okemon, Comic Featuring a Wet & Dirty Pokémon Battle

“Okemon” is a funny comic strip by Andy Kluthe and Andrew Bridgman for Dorkly featuring a Pokémon battle that gets very “wet and dirty.” It looks like Ash needs to get Blastoise some proper toilet training!

via Dorkly

A Comic Showing the Difference Between FPS & RPG Video Games

“FPSs vs. RPGs“ is a funny comic by redditor MWozz that displays the difference between first-person shooter and role-playing video games. Dueling Analogs took the liberty of creating this updated version of the comic for your viewing pleasure.

via Dueling Analogs, Gamefreaks

The Super Mario Brothers Imagined as Grand Theft Auto Characters

Grand Theft Mario by Malaysian artist Amirul Hafiz is a kick ass collection of illustrations that imagine video game characters from Super Mario Brothers as car stealing thugs in the world of Grand Theft Auto.

Real-Life Super Mario Brothers Themed Mushrooms in a Grocery Store

Toronto-based street artist, character designer and animator Aiden Glynn of Pizza and Pixels has created a custom package that contains a collection of Super Mario Brothers themed mushrooms.

Aiden installed the package full of video game fungi into the proper area of a local grocery store for customers to stumble upon.

via Laughing Squid

Django Fett, A Photoshopped Image Mixing Star Wars & Django Unchained

This awesome photo manipulation created by Florida artist Gordon Tarpley of GT Props mixes together both the Star Wars bounty hunter Jango Fett with Django Freeman, a character played by Jamie Foxx in Quentin Tarantino’s western film Django Unchained.

Django Fett by Gordon Tarpley (Flickr) (Facebook) (Twitter)

Doodle or Die, An Online Multiplayer Game of Telephone With Drawings

Doodle or Die is a multiplayer game that allows you to interact with others online through creating chains of drawings (doodles) that match other player’s made up phrases. The team responsible for building this great JavaScript browser game is Aaron Silverman, Dylan Greene, Garrett Miller and David “Wyn” Bennett.

It’s like the game of “telephone” with drawings. Given no context, doodle the provided phrase or describe a stranger’s drawing. After submitting, see the full chain and keep up with responses to your own contributions.

Check out more examples and learn more from my post on Laughing Squid. While you are at it, head over to the Doodle or Die Rampaged Reality room!

via Laughing Squid