A knight in shining armor… Nintendo style
Matt Hawkins There are nerds who run around comic book/anime/video game conventions, and then there are… gods among nerds. Who also run around comic book/anime/video game conventions. Well, more like pose for pictures.
… The dude above was spotted at Otakon last weekend, the east coast’s biggest gathering for animu dorks. He’s actually been making the rounds quite a bit, for rather obvious reasons. For starters, he’s awesome. Some detail shots…
Naturally, the masses are never keen on recognizing true genius, and I’ve seen more than a few mocking comments directed at the man. The most annoying are those who feel that he somehow illustrates some kind of negative gamer stereotype (there’s so many worse examples that my brain seriously shuts down when trying to isolate the best one).
Beat part is when said haters vocalize why they’re so pissed: cuz some of the games he’s using are ultra rare. lol.
Anyhow, this guy officially beat Nintendo’s previously champions. Here’s the one I personally met in 2006, at the same show…
And this dude, whom I also met at Otakon 2009…
NINTENDO GAME CARTRIDGE BODY ARMOR AND SNES SWORD [Obvious Winner]
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