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Duck Tales helps make this kid more rad

Nov 24, 2009 // Kramez

You may look at this picture and think, “I know this dude is, like, totally awesome, but I can’t exactly put my finger on the reason why.” Some may cite his blow dryer-perfect mullet. Others would point to his acid-washed jeans, casually propped in a devil-may-care, anti-authoritarian posture atop his proto-IKEA shelf/desk mashup. Few would wonder why he’s missing the extended pinky to complete the obvious Mahalo move he’s trying so hard to casually pull off. But the truth is that this young neomaxizoomdweebie is clearly the 80s greatest fan of Capcom’s Duck Tales, one of our lost gems of the NES Era, a game so popular that even Warren Spector wants to do another one.

Check it: promotional Duck Tales poster on the wall, which receives much more prevalent positioning than what appears to be a Contra poster on the opposing wall. Pristine Duck Tales NES box propped on the table in front of the TV. And, most importantly, Scrooge McDuck bouncing away on his pogo cane right there on the screen. So tubular, it nearly defies description.

Thanks to Very Demotivational for making my mid-afternoon websurfing seem mildly productive instead of the usual total waste of time and brain cells.