Today in Joystiq: August 28, 2007

by Ross Miller { Aug 28th 2007 at 11:59PM }

Head to the intersection of Fairfax and Santa Monica if you are ever in Los Angeles and take a gander at this random game-related piece of graffiti (picture thanks to Matthew). Since 505 makes no sense given the location or context, we're banking on S.O.S. -- though, still, we're kind of in the dark about that. Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
LGC07 hands-on: Zack & Wiki
PAX 07: Joystiq interviews Sony's Sam Thompson about Uncharted
PAX 07: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune hands-on
Today's most commented video: Message board sketch

News
Call of Duty 4 beta overhauled, sign-ups still available
GRAW 2 gets free content pack
Sony prohibits sharing of downloadable Warhawk
Unreal Tournament 3 gets no demo on PS3, PC in the clear
Tiger Woods 08 demo now on Live
Someone's actually making a Joust movie
A progress report on PlayStation Home beta
ESRB responds to Manhunt 2 rerating complaints
Heavenly Sword animated series: Part III & IV
Silent Hill V taking cues from Gan's movie
Valve not looking to leave EA (4 Dead)
Correction: Borderlands will NOT require Xbox 360 hard drive

Rumors & Speculation
Sony Ericsson 'obviously' considering PlayStation-branded phone

Culture & Community
Manhunt 2: conspiracy theories from AO to M
Leipzig, booth babes, video, nudity, NSFW
BioShock banned at Valve offices
Nintendo, Sony and EA heading to GC Asia
Mountain Dew's Halo 3 ad
Final Fantasy retrospective: Part VII

Tags: bubblebobble, bustamove, dailyrecap

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

blooh @ Aug 29th 2007 12:15AM

AGHHHH!! My local fry's and toysrus didn't have blue dragon today. wtf

also, that's a cool graffiti

at least I can get puzzle fighter tomorrow, and perhaps blue dragon will have arrived too

LAboy @ Aug 29th 2007 12:43AM

hahaha, I live a couple of minutes from there. Might check it out tomorrow.

sicsided @ Aug 29th 2007 12:51AM

so there is no bomb threat???

god athf got the worse crap cause of the stupid masses

hvnlysoldr @ Aug 29th 2007 12:56AM

What's 505 and S.O.S.? I know what 404 means but not much else.

lessbiasedthanmost @ Aug 29th 2007 1:00AM

S.O.S officially stands for Save our Ship, but it can also be translated as Save our Shit among other things.

No idea if 505 is supposed to be something...

Strike Man @ Aug 29th 2007 1:00AM

Assuming you're actually serious about asking "What's S.O.S.?"...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS

BPM @ Aug 29th 2007 1:16AM

Bobblen is summoning the SOS Brigade.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS_Brigade#SOS_Brigade

Korova @ Aug 29th 2007 1:26PM

Captain Obvious here:

"505 might have been the number of the building!"

See you next time *flies away*

lessbiasedthanmost @ Aug 29th 2007 12:58AM

Oh no, someone's kidnapped one of the Bubble Bobble dinosaurs (dragons?) and they need our help. Quickly, begin cordinating the rescue operation!

Dragon is correct. The official term for Bub/Bubby/Bubblen (green) and Bob/Bobby/Bobblen (blue) in this form is "Bubble Dragon."

Just some random trivia (Well, I guess it's not all that random, since it's related to the topic at hand... Okay, I'm rambling now. I'd better stop before I go on too long. I hate it when I ramble on and on, completely forgetting the reason I made a comment in the first place. You ever have that happen to you?).

Tobikow @ Aug 29th 2007 1:38AM

505 is the area code for New Mexico...which also totally dosen't make any sense either...

The Iconoclast @ Aug 29th 2007 2:54AM

I've noticed that a few months ago. If you look closely, it's actually a tile mosaic.

I'm guessing that SOS is actually the graffiti artist's handle.

Trocke @ Aug 29th 2007 10:41AM

Look out it's a bomb!

Tikirat @ Aug 29th 2007 11:17AM

Is this one on the invader's pieces? He usually works in tile.

OhJustSomeRandomGuy @ Aug 29th 2007 12:35PM

Could be this:

http://www.505gamestreet.com/

stephen @ Aug 29th 2007 12:59PM

His name is space invader and he has tile mosaics all over the world. Thats one of about 5 that I've seen in LA. There's a giant one on the side of a building on Melroseon my way home from work. His site is space-invaders dot com.

Adam Bergstein @ Aug 29th 2007 1:05PM

Gaming graffiti, I love it! Nothing better than seeing the video game world affect life outside the games as well.

prawn @ Aug 29th 2007 9:10PM

HAS ANYBODY HERE EVER PLAYED BUBBLE BOBBLE BEFORE!? jeez... when one player dies in a two player game, they are in the corner beckoning you to insert coin or push start and sometimes say SOS.

Seth @ Aug 30th 2007 3:05PM

Um, I call Photoshop, at least on the large image with the small dragon image. It's totally not fitting into the rest of the ambient light. Also, it's closer to the bottom pipe than the one in the inset image.

I would call Photoshop on the whole thing if The Iconoclast didn't just confirm that he's seen it too...