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This is, without a doubt, the coolest thing I’ve seen all year

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Reader Robin Got Excited and Made 100 cupcakes. 

I know what you're thinking: "Well, that's a lot of cupcakes, but so what?"

Well, doubtful-person-I-just-invented, let me tell you what: each cupcake depicts a different board or video game, and she put them all up on a website where you can identify as many of them correctly as you can, with a mouseover button to reveal the answer. 

Allow me to share just two of my favorites:

Defender
 

Scrabble  

Trust me on this: you simply must go spend a couple minutes and check them out. I promise that you will have your mind blown at least once.

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6 January, 2010 Wil

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64 thoughts on “This is, without a doubt, the coolest thing I’ve seen all year”

  1. Stephen Bates says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    w00t for classic game cupcakes!

  2. Utilitygeek says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    Very awesome, only slightly marred by the misScrabbling of “llama”. 🙁 Must…focus…on…the positive…

  3. Alan says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:07 pm

    Wow. Those are awesome. Reader Robin, what materials did you use? I would guess that some of them are fondant.

  4. Vincentkirk.blogspot.com says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:08 pm

    Joust. Fuckin’ Joust.
    Mind blown.

  5. AlanSimpson says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:08 pm

    I love the internet. Where else do you see stuff this awesome?

  6. Troy Thompson says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    Awesome! Would be a shame to eat them…
    …any left? it is morning tea time after all!

  7. Tashabear says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    @Utilitygeek: You know that lama is an actual word, right?

  8. Devyn Price says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    You forgot the one with the D&D dice. That’s so awesome.

  9. Lauren Nicholson says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    I just spent an hour looking at cupcakes. I have shamed myself.

  10. yiftach says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:12 pm

    Um, sorry, Utilitygeek, but that is not a mis-anything. It’s “lama” as in “Tibetan teacher”, not a misspelling of the furry animal.
    I saw the first example, Wil, and quite literally yelled out “Defender!” right here at my desk at work. Nice. Thanks.

  11. Tw1tterp8 says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    A lama is a Tibetan or Mongolian Buddhist monk (e.g. The Dalai Lama)

  12. Danielle says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    LOVE these. Especially that she included Pig Mania.

  13. Zooph says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    Lama is also a word. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lama

  14. yiftach says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    I had to stop at the Adventure cupcake, because I’m afraid the awesomeness is going to throttle and disable me where I sit. I’ll have to return to Robin’s post in manageable chunks.

  15. wabbit89 says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    Thanks for posting this, Wil! Too much fun and too cool!
    Robin, you truly rock!

  16. Will Frank says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:16 pm

    A one-l lama is a priest.
    A two-l llama is a beast.
    And I would bet a silk pajama
    There isn’t any three-l lllama.
    –Ogden Nash, who followed up by noting that there is a type of fire called a “three-alarmer.”

  17. jkaymartin says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:19 pm

    Very cool! I got 58 out of 100 – mostly board games. Although my favorite was Zork ;-}

  18. Jnnfrcairns says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:21 pm

    Will Frank, I <3 you for posting Nash.

  19. twitter.com/Twirrim says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:21 pm

    That is incredible. Congrats to Reader Robin, you rock.

  20. Anonymous says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:30 pm

    Didn’t you like the Tomb Raider one????

  21. Wil says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    I liked them all, but I had to pick two that I thought were the strongest representations of both video and board games.

  22. Tw1tterp8 says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    Dibs on the Minesweeper cupcake!

  23. widowspider says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    Super awesome. I had to stop myself, as I was getting both hungry and uber-geeked out.

  24. Sprinkles_22 says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    So much awesome! I actually plan to open a “nerd bakery” someday^-^

  25. Zasiel says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    The Resident Evil Umbrella Corp is the best one there, personal opinion. Thanks for sharing!

  26. Phil73805 says:
    6 January, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    G-d help me I remembered Battlezone! Not sure I get geek cred for that one cos it’s really old 🙂 Awesome cupcakes with but one dilemma, to eat or not to eat? OM NOM NOM NOM!

  27. KJK says:
    6 January, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    All six days of all year? High bar you’re setting there, Wil.
    (juuuuust kidding. those are all damn cool!)

  28. WotV says:
    6 January, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    Why can’t I get a job where I wander about the internet looking for interesting things like game-themed cupcakes?

  29. twitter.com/javamanphil says:
    6 January, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    Just spent a half an hour running through all 100 with my wife and two kids. My son (10) got Joust. I wept a geek tear. My wife looked at me after Battlezone and asked if I actually attended class in college or just played games.

  30. Nicnac says:
    6 January, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    So cool!

  31. Saima says:
    6 January, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    How funny…just today I was looking for retro inspired cupcakes for an 80s themed birthday party 🙂

  32. Tikaanidog says:
    6 January, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    OMG! Pig Mania AND Tempest! That was totally awesome! (and I still have the pig mania game – had that sucker for 25 years now… :/)

  33. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=726277452 says:
    6 January, 2010 at 6:01 pm

    I loved the retro card/board games! When i saw what looked like an old Atari game I thought “Yar’s Revenge? It can’t be..” But i was right.
    Also, the little red bell for ‘Pit’ is one that I’m sure most people wouldn’t get, but I got it 😉 I’m so proud 🙂

  34. CL says:
    6 January, 2010 at 6:34 pm

    Stratego and Mastermind! I thought I was the only person that remembered those games. Those are all amazing.

  35. PsyCasper says:
    6 January, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    It’s totally all about the Munchkin cupcake!
    More importantly, how long did all of that take???

  36. Tim says:
    6 January, 2010 at 7:04 pm

    Ha! I mistook the Tiddlywinks one for some sort of Mr. Bill tribute.
    Don’t ask my why when I knew the theme was games…but look at it! It totally looks like Mr. Bills head as he gets smooshed!

  37. SomeToast says:
    6 January, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Outstanding! Love the Nash!   : )

  38. Cdar2 says:
    6 January, 2010 at 7:11 pm

    Holy Fondant Cupcakes Batman!
    Speaking as someone who does a fair amount of cakemaking and decorating, I’m completely in awe. Wonderful job, though I don’t doubt it was a very daunting job. Coming up with the ideas on what to do for 100 cupcakes would be insanely hard!
    Loved the Mario and Hungry Hungry Hippos the best. I just bought “Hippos” for my 3 year old at Christmas and it looks identical. And can I just say, OMG Q-Bert?! I forgot all about that game until I saw the cupcake.
    Absolutely Brilliant Job!

  39. LS says:
    6 January, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    I don’t care what they do with graphics, sound effects or any of it, no game has ever beaten Galaga.You CAN NOT win. There is no winning. There is only how long it takes you to lose.

  40. Wil says:
    6 January, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    I thought the Tiddlywinks was some kind of stylized Mister Mouth.

  41. rdahlberg says:
    6 January, 2010 at 8:39 pm

    Thanks everybody! I love seeing what games strike different people. For the record, it’s almost all fondant except for a little piping and gum paste. I had some guidance, but this was my first foray into edible decorating (the jewelry and graphic design background didn’t hurt). I’d estimate somewhere between 40-50 hours including gathering reference images. I wasn’t really watching the time, though. I was just having fun!

  42. Bill DeVoe says:
    6 January, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    How could NOT have picked #1 with the dice? Especially after your awesome t-shirt design (which I bought for my whole family)? 🙂

  43. twitter.com/turtlesong17 says:
    6 January, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    passed this link on to my friend at geekcrafts.com cause it is just that cool. 🙂

  44. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1099325784 says:
    6 January, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    Two words: EPIC. WIN. A very impressive achievement if ever I’ve seen one. Heck, she even did a Munchkin cupcake.

  45. ES says:
    6 January, 2010 at 11:21 pm

    – Atari’s “Adventure”. Nice. Does anyone here remember the fun of finding the hidden “Easter egg”? For original 2600 owners only! Extra points if you can actually recount the process.
    – “Crazy Climber”. An original coin-op still stands in the Pinball Hall of Fame here in LV. Works like a charm. Mysteries of the Universe #457: Why did they play “The Pink Panther Theme” when the big ape was swinging in the windows?
    – “Pitfall”. Lordy, Lordy, Lordy. Wasn’t that the game with the famous “Tarzan yell” as done by an electric razor?
    – “Life”. Time for a modernized version. Buy a house and watch it go into foreclosure. Besides blue and pink pegs add a green one for the sibling who’s hooked on meth. And allow terrorists to wipe out the entire board and instantly end the game with a nuclear suicide bomb. Oh, and line the border of the game board with obnoxious banner ads.
    – “Twixt”. Reminds me of the film “The Road”. Well, actually it doens’t. Not even close. I just wanted to find a way to toss in here that “The Road” was two hours of cheerless, actionless, grimey emptiness. And depressing–sheesh. How many times do we listen to Dad tell his kid that blowing his brains out would be a step up? Ugh. The staff at the cinema were handing out free samples of Zoloft as patrons as they were leaving. Take me back to Pandora.

  46. karohemd says:
    7 January, 2010 at 2:41 am

    Wow, that’s genius. It even has Pass the Pigs, my favourite dice game of all time (which, oddly, is called “Pig Mania” on the website but that might be due to different marketing in the US and the UK).

  47. Cdar2 says:
    7 January, 2010 at 4:06 am

    OMG, how could I have not seen this website before. Thank you tuttlesong17 for mentioning it. I’ve got a new obsession to haunt for a few weeks, catching up on old geek crafts! OMG there’s even a 10th Doctor Chibi and a Tardis Cake! *Heaven*

  48. Judy King says:
    7 January, 2010 at 7:39 am

    It would be a shame to eat those. Did someone already say that? I think someone (or someones) already said that.
    Anyway. I also got excited back before Christmas, and started making planets — and stars. I made Earths and Marses and Moons; and then I got more excited and made Vulcans and Romuluses and Andorias and Qo’noSes. And a neutron star.
    Start here if you want to see. http://tinyurl.com/yevzypx

  49. Jefferson Malone says:
    7 January, 2010 at 7:45 am

    Robin rocks. I have to say the Liar’s Dice cupcake was yummers. 🙂

  50. Kirsten Smith says:
    7 January, 2010 at 8:11 am

    Those are all kinds of awesome! I remember playing Mastermind with my grandfather. Very cool. Dibs on Boggle though, loved that game!

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