Sports fans with a taste for glittery unicorns should run, not walk, to ESPN.com and remember their Konami Code, because it appears that some soon to be possibly unemployed web designer is having a laugh.
As a couple of unicorn-loving tipsters with a thirst for sporting news have informed us, inputting the infamous Konami cheat code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter) will infest the official ESPN web site with mystical ponies. And they’ll keep spawning if you keep clicking.
Not only do you get an eyeful of unicorn and rainbow, you’ll also get a heaping help of Comic Sans. And every story will become “cute,” “magical” or “sparkly.” Thanks to Ken and CronoX2 for the mystical tip!
Cat
April 28, 2009 at 9:12 AM
…I’ll admit, I’m not a fan of sparkly unicorns, or horses for that matter. But I couldn’t stop clicking! It was too rich.
Report PermalinktzxAzrael
April 28, 2009 at 9:29 AM
ESPN – Everyone’s Sparkle-Pony Network.
Report PermalinkKatjaMouse
April 28, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Too bad the code was promptly taken down w/in an hour of you guys running this. I would’ve loved to have seen that.
Report PermalinkTomPurnell
April 28, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Still works. Go to the TV page and try it.
Report PermalinkAaron C
April 28, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Looks like it’s fixed?
(Or was IE only?)
Report Permalinklogan k.
April 28, 2009 at 10:18 AM
It’s working right now. I just did it.
Report PermalinkTecha
April 28, 2009 at 11:06 AM
you sure it works? i tried it on the TV section and no luck.
Report PermalinkLaura
April 28, 2009 at 1:43 PM
try the article about Luke Walton’s ankle injury or Ben Gordon’s MRI. awesome.
Report Permalinkadmbmb
April 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Use the Google cache and it will work. Click here: http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:ssdn4F46EEYJ:espn.go.com/+espn.com&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Report PermalinkProsper
April 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM
heh tried it with the cached page and it worked fine. That is friggin awsome. Kudo’s to the web designer, funny shit.
Report PermalinkCharles
April 28, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Worked for me with Firefox. Ii used this page: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4105618
Charles.
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