Edge magazine subscribers receive coolest poster ever

by Griffin McElroy { Jun 10th 2009 at 4:00PM }

Seems like somewhat inconsequential news for us to report on, right? "Magazine subscribers get cool bonus item?" Who cares? Well, we care, you probably care, and anyone who has ever picked up a video game controller should care about the poster in question -- drawn by gaming obsessed artist Gary Lucken and packaged with the latest edition of Edge magazine, this pixelliustrated work of art contains references to every video game ever made.

Seriously, we were going to try to list the video games referenced in the poster (visible in somewhat higher res here), but really, it would probably be easier to list the games that aren't. Let's see ... Klax, and ... well, just Klax, we guess. Sorry, Klax!

Tags: art, edge, edge-magazine, pixelated, poster

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)

Duke @ Jun 10th 2009 4:04PM

That poster is pretty damn sweet.

Tiptup300 @ Jun 11th 2009 12:16AM

I don't see Sonic or Banjo Kazooie References though.....Actually, I don't even see halo on there. :P

Tiptup300 @ Jun 11th 2009 12:18AM

Wait, found sonic! And I think the top right corner dinosaur could be patches, but I doubt it.

Territorial Oak @ Jun 11th 2009 6:17PM

There's a little bobble-headed Master Chief down and to the right of the Brain Age hot air ballon

Crusty Magic @ Jun 10th 2009 4:05PM

Is there a higher rez version available?

CarpeD1em500 @ Jun 10th 2009 4:05PM

jax sedrin @ Jun 10th 2009 5:55PM

Don't have a high-res version, but I did overlay a grid so it would be easier to share game characters and references we find:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0XHaahqfDUIsMEvYP99pCQ?feat=directlink
(click the zoom button to zoom in)

A few I've seen pointed out in the other comments already:
Sub-Zero: M3-M4
Master Chief: S9-T9
Lara Croft: A8

Dante G @ Jun 10th 2009 6:20PM

This is close enough:
http://foros.3dgames.com.ar/consolas.77/535290.wallpaper-edge-pixel-poster.html

coffins outside the door @ Jun 10th 2009 4:07PM

The Massive Damage sign is hilarious.

Sly [PSN SniperChameleon] @ Jun 10th 2009 4:15PM

that's the first thing i noticed LMAO

aristokrat @ Jun 10th 2009 5:09PM

I also spot a giant enemy crab.

Faar @ Jun 10th 2009 5:32PM

The giant crab is a Patapon reference - which in of itself may be a giant enemy crab in-joke by the way...

Shagittarius @ Jun 10th 2009 4:08PM

NEED HIGH REZ!

Shagittarius @ Jun 10th 2009 4:12PM

There are tons of early PC games that are not represented...is it only done for console games?

Vidikron @ Jun 10th 2009 4:28PM

I think this is more like a reference to every gaming platform more than every game. Because there are certainly many games I can't find references to yet.

Shagittarius @ Jun 10th 2009 4:35PM

Not to sound unappreciative but with all the generic people moving around on the street why didn't he add even more games by making them all game characters?

WiredKnight @ Jun 10th 2009 4:51PM

I don't see any references to SimCity...

ArchiGamer @ Jun 10th 2009 4:52PM

@wired

Really? I think the whole piece disagrees with that....

ArchiGamer @ Jun 10th 2009 4:53PM

@wired

Really? I think the whole piece disagrees with that....

ArchiGamer @ Jun 10th 2009 4:56PM

oops, double post....i fail badly....

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Jun 10th 2009 5:10PM

That was a super fail...not only did you post 3 times, you missed the obvious sarcasm.

Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Jun 10th 2009 10:09PM

Wow that was the biggest fail in the history of the internet. Congratulations! :D

MowDownJoe @ Jun 10th 2009 4:10PM

Unless you have an ever higher-rez version that shows some of those sprites being from Earthbound... well, I found a game besides Klax not represented.

smcn @ Jun 10th 2009 5:30PM

I thought of EarthBound immediately when I saw the poster. Reminds me a lot of Fourside.

Maratu @ Jun 10th 2009 7:08PM

Yea, but sadly I have yet to find any direct reference to EB. ::sigh:: Anybody see any?

TheOverlord#2 @ Jun 10th 2009 9:14PM

Maybe the Kraken in the ocean near the Wave Racers is a reference...?

Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 10th 2009 4:11PM

It's a shame Edge magazine hates playing games which is evident by their consistently bad reviews.

dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ Jun 10th 2009 5:26PM

I never thought Edge was too harsh. Then again, I haven't kept an eye on them lately.

Eurogamer, on the other hand, is moar like Eurohater amirite?

Finito @ Jun 10th 2009 7:54PM

That's not true man, have you actually ever read the mag? Game scores are ridiculous nowadays, it has come to the point where a that scores beneath an 8 is actually considered to be mediocre. Edge uses the full 1-10 scale which I think is great. Do you just look at the score? They don't give a hyped game a bad score just to be counterculture, they give very well-thought personal arguments why they think the game isn't that great.

Pick it up sometime, the in-depth interviews with developers are a great read.

sc00by_y00 @ Jun 10th 2009 11:22PM

Finito, did you mean to say that edge are full of crap and their whole review process stinks and screams of elitism ? You would have hit the nail on the head if you said that..

Eurogamer are crap as well.

was that a 7 for infamous, why yes I do believe it was, a 7 for kz2 oh yes indeed.. a 10 for halo3.. wow and a 9 for gears of war2 and lets not forget f.e.a.r 2 gets an 8 (I dont think I have heard any one mention F.E.A.R 2, a week after it was released, thats how memorable a game it was)

If you want to be original and give a review based on content you wouldn't need to attach a grade, hence why Joystiq always gets a massive thumbs up..

If you want to generate hype over what turns out to be really lack lustre reviews written by some pretentious unnamed wankers that like to show how greatly versed they are in the English language and at the same time who completely manage to forget the whole point of the review is to point out the strengths and weaknesses of a game for would be purchasers then Edge should be right up your alley and you should definately get a subscription..

Mazrael @ Jun 10th 2009 4:11PM

I'm sure I've seen this before... have they just added to an older version..?

Reeve @ Jun 10th 2009 4:57PM

It seems to be an expansion of an illustration from issue 202 (the previous one, with Blur on the cover), as many of the elements, such as the Brain Training hot air balloon, are reused from that.

MasterNater88 @ Jun 10th 2009 4:59PM

You probably saw Goon City which is very similar.

http://ryanallen.com/gooncity/index.htm

SaltyGary @ Jun 10th 2009 4:12PM

Whats the red bal cyclops monster thing, I know I've seen it before?

Apollo @ Jun 10th 2009 4:15PM

Doom.

SaltyGary @ Jun 10th 2009 4:19PM

Thats right, thanks

WiredKnight @ Jun 10th 2009 4:39PM

A Cacodemon, to be precise.

Storm Eagle @ Jun 10th 2009 4:13PM

New Desktop Wallpaper CONFIRMED. That is awesome. I can see Guile and Ken fighting on the airstrip! WIN!

Storm Eagle @ Jun 10th 2009 4:23PM

I wonder how big this poster is or how big the original was? A lot of the characters that are depicted are super tiny. You can barely make a lot of them out. Like Master Chief and Bomberman. And the further you go up the poster, the smaller things get.

kingheff1 @ Jun 10th 2009 5:35PM

The poster is approx 83x59 cm and is great, just need to find a place to put it so my girlfriend doesn't complain too much! :P
Personal favourites are the little Wave racers in the bottom left corner especially the one doing the little jump, really cool looking little dude.