originally posted by Halon50
This will take a while to fully describe, especially since this AYBABTU (
All
Your
Base
Are
Belong
To
Us) phenomenon keeps being declared "dead" every 15 minutes, yet it still persists.
The full history , complete with links to just about every dam AYBABTU site there is out there. Just read the history. If you want a plain text-only version (easier to read, but no hyperlinks),
look over here on
GameFaqs .
The collection of imagery and assorted silliness related to the AYBABTU phenomenon.
The source of the original "craze," which is remarkable, considering the company that made the dam game has long since gone out of business. Be sure to check out the "Wayne Newton" version of the AYBABTU intro before continuing.
The source of all those silly/stupid/inane/etc pictures . Good grief, it's up to 84 pages now.
The rock video . I saved this for (next-to) last because it's what started the media frenzy.
The music from the video . mp3.com pulled the song off for a little bit, but then reinstated it when they were told the company that made the game was long since bankrupt.
It's all downhill from there. Wired
posted an article . Time Magazine
put a blurb in along with the
Photoshop'd cover (at this time, I took the AYBABTU crap off my signature). AYBABTU appeared in black-on-black text in
the "super-secret" Doom 3 homepage ("view source" or drag your mouse around to highlight the text).
The rest can be gleaned from the histories. I'm sick of it already.
-Tex
