atari 2600: a video game odyssey

July 3rd, 2008 post a comment (2) stumble it! by: technabob

Remember the ape/monolith scene from Kubrick’s classic 2001:A Space Odyssey? Apparently these apes didn’t get the memo that it wasn’t an Odyssey [console] at all, but actually an Atari 2600.

Atari 2600 A Game Odyssey by psychoreindeer

This imaginative t-shirt by Akron, Ohio illustrator psychoreindeer reimagines that fateful monkey moment with a gigantic Atari joystick in place of the big black slab. According to reindeer, in addition to the schmancy silkscreened artwork, the t-shirt “comes with two sleeves and a even a hole to stick your head through”. Bonus!

Atari 2600 T-shirt by psychoreindeer

While the apes in the film might not have understood the meaning of the monolith (not to mention most of us who sat through the nearly 3-hour long movie either), the primates on this t-shirt probably spent the rest of the day debating between a round of Pitfall or River Raid once they found the joystick.

I guess we now know why apes have opposable thumbs.

July 3rd, 2008 post a comment (2) stumble it! by: technabob

2 comments post a comment

1. skaght | July 3rd, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Hey, that’s my shirt! If it’s sold out on etsy, try psychoreindeer.com. I didn’t print a ton of them, but planned on printing more next week after the holiday. Thanks!
2. technabob | July 4th, 2008 at 9:42 am

Cool - thanks for stopping by. Love that Pac-Bones shirt too!