Video Game Food 2: The Baker’s Dozen
Exhibit A. The arrangement of food to resemble characters or other items from beloved video game franchises. You will witness in the following an attention to detail that some might call lame. Others will applaud the excellence on display here. For the aforementioned, why don’t you take a look at this… here… Ninja!!
So ninja, it makes your mouth water. Just wait - dehydration will set in (ninja!).
Oh. You’re still here. Right, that wasn’t a ninja but a piece of fruit (the resemblance is uncanny!). To be honest, I don’t have much of an interest in all this, but I was taken in when I stumbled across this bizarre imagery on one of my non-porn related internet excursions (yes, they do in fact, happen).
Which leads us to the question of just why I’m doing this. Do I love video games? Check. How about food? Again, yes. Do I stay awake at night dreaming up ways to combine the two? That’s a negative ghost-rider. Well what then? I find all this rather strange. Maybe I’m just attempting some hipster irony. (Hipster irony, btw, is classified as thinking oneself very droll and witty, while all around you think you’re a giant douche). It’s probably the fact that I have no particular love for this strange trend wherein lies the answer. I enjoy the spectacle of it all. In fact, said explanation can explain away much of the time I spend on the internet.
Control Your Appettite
The console wars, in food form. Not pictured: the Wii. Hahaha, the Wii, what a joke!
Made by an Italian Plumber, Mmmmm
'Sorry Mario, but the Princess is in another cake!' 'What?? Shuttup skank, you ruined my childhood!'
Nihonjin-no Okaasa: The Untold Story
For those of you unfamiliar, the following are examples of bento. This is what a Japanese child might take to school as lunch. As such, they generally kick the ass of any school school lunch you’ve ever had in your life. Tradition dictates that a great attention to detail is as important as the actual food that is used. It’s Japanese, you know, Zen blah blah samurai blah blah tentacle rape. Don’t try to understand it or your fragile Western brain will explode.
Doting Japanese mothers will do anything for their sons (notice how I didn't say children?).
Forget about the fact that I had to make my own lunches even when I was in kindergarten. Imagine opening up one of these babies on an American schoolyard. You as child: “Cool, huh? My mommy made this for me.” Bully:”Yeah, well I made you a knuckle sandwich!”. The American bully’s pithy remarks are often overlooked.
And to anyone who says this is a small, unique occurrence, let me show you a few more. There are plenty of these things spread over the internet.
OK, the Bioshock one is pretty damn cool.
What, you want more? These aren’t even video game related (still crazy though).
Now for the challenge. Are my readers crazier than me? Do you like to play with your food? It doesn’t have to be about video games, you could turn your food into any easily recognizable piece of pop culture. If you do, be sure to add it to the comments for the rest of us to see. I leave you with what’s become a bit of a trend lately – putting one’s franchise into the Last Supper.
House, Battlestar Galactica, South Park; it’s almost a prerequisite that you put yourself into the Last Supper if you want to be popular. Oh well, they’re usually more interesting than the original one (and no, that’s not a chick sitting next to Jesus and I don’t care how many “V”s you see.)
