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
Tuesday, 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.
tzxAzrael
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 9:29 AMESPN – Everyone’s Sparkle-Pony Network.
KatjaMouse
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 9:42 AMToo bad the code was promptly taken down w/in an hour of you guys running this. I would’ve loved to have seen that.
TomPurnell
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 10:20 AMStill works. Go to the TV page and try it.
Aaron C
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 10:02 AMLooks like it’s fixed?
(Or was IE only?)
logan k.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 10:18 AMIt’s working right now. I just did it.
Techa
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 11:06 AMyou sure it works? i tried it on the TV section and no luck.
Laura
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 1:43 PMtry the article about Luke Walton’s ankle injury or Ben Gordon’s MRI. awesome.
admbmb
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 4:35 PMUse 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
Prosper
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 11:10 PMheh tried it with the cached page and it worked fine. That is friggin awsome. Kudo’s to the web designer, funny shit.
Charles
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 11:40 PMWorked for me with Firefox. Ii used this page: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4105618
Charles.