Today is my birthday – today I turn 30 years old. Turning 30 is hard. Leaving your 20s behind, embarking on a new era of life, getting older. But I came into my office today to the best birthday present in history – all thanks to the amazing community here at Kotaku [sob] .
On my desk was a collection of birthday photoshops, and each and every single one of them was solid gold, jerry. GOLD!
And Blaghman – don’t think I forgot about you!
Guys, you’ve no idea – I’m absolutely blown away. Thanks so much for making what should have been a day of me wallowing in my own self pity into the best birthday ever.
This is just another reason why Kotaku is the best gaming community of all time.
[Sob]
Trjn
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:05 PMNot enough Serrels Stare. I am disappoint.
Blaghman
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:07 PMDeep down, I was kind of hoping you’d forgotten about me.
As much as I hate to admit it, I think I might be feeling shame right now…
Good work everyone, now we can take a break, then we only have 358 days to prepare for his next birthday.
dawdle!
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:12 PMI was thinking… 358?!
Oh.
A week to prepare.
Right.
jamesmacusedmyhandle
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:50 PMNO SHAME!! It is too awesome!!! You go hit the clubs (club? it is Canberra..)with your pig and those eyes and watch the ladies follow you Pied Piper style all the way home :)
FatShady
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:07 PMSorry but I think Qbo wins this competition. Wait, this isn’t a photoshop comp..
Anyway, I think they were all awesome. I was surprised at just how many there were.
Also the Arnie one at the bottom is just disturbing!
Good work team. We are a creative bunch huh?
Qumulys
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:16 PMNah, I fluffed up the grammar (an should be a) so Strange will be cross with me now!
Aidan
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:09 PMGreat stuff!
Shane
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:09 PMThose are brilliant. I think I missed the call for submissions, but that’s a pretty damn good collection of birthday presents :)
dawdle!
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:09 PMI don’t know if you’ve played Minecraft yet, but the sign I made was in pure diamond and gold blocks :D
Endu
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:19 PMI noticed! Expensivey
Qumulys
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:23 PMAll dug up from hard work??? Very classy dawds! Colour me impressed! :D
dawdle!
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:33 PM*coughcough*singleplayercommandmod*coughcough*
:P
But it’s still the first ever ‘big’ construction project I’ve ever made on Minecraft!
Mark Serrels
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:34 PMWow. Thanks so much! So amazing.
dawdle!
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:47 PMYou’re welcome!
I’m leaving the sign here on this map :D Going to see it every time I log on to singleplayer.
Chuloopa
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:31 PMEveryone is impressed..
Personally i think you may have an obsession and i’m planning an intervention :P
jamesmacusedmyhandle
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:09 PMBut where is mine :’(
jamesmacusedmyhandle
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:44 PMWoohoo! thanks mark ;)
sarujin
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:12 PMbrilliant, just brilliant.
Shirokaze
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:12 PMZOMG!!!! I didn’t realise Mark was also Simon Pegg.
MIND. BLOWN.
Qumulys
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:14 PMI loved them all! Sing-a-longs, nipples, shirt rips, stares, cats, cakes, squirrels, photos, secret stuffs!! All awesome! :-D Well done everyone!
Hope these all go on your ridge, have a great day Mark, you deserve it :D
(been hanging for this post all day! Now I can go do the shopping)
Qumulys
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:21 PMfridge… not your ridge! :-/
Bish
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:39 PMIT’S FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE FRACER
Chuloopa
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:15 PMThere is soooooo mcuh frackin awesome on this page!!!
Need moar nipple, though
Sughly
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:19 PMHaha! Love it! Everyone did awesomely, was well worth the wait :D
Adam Ruch
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:20 PMMy frakking God those are funny.
Andrew Burdusel
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:22 PMI had three different Arnie options
1. Photoshop you as the little girl in Commando (I had so do some Facebook stalking to figure out you like the movie)
2. Photoshop you as the guy who has Kuato come out of his stomach in Total Recall
3. Photoshop you as the girl with 3 boobs in Total Recall
I actually finished the 3 boob one as well. But I’ll leave that for another special occasion.
Endu
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:23 PMI don’t know guys, from the Seinfeld reference and the sobbing, I think we all just won Kommunity Kudos.
Or Mark did? It is his birthday after all
Chuloopa
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:28 PM*Oprah Voice*
EVERYONE GETS A NEW CARRRR!!!
YOU GET A CAR!! YOU GET A CAR!!!
YOU GET A CAR!!1
THIS LADY HERE – CAR!!!
OVER THERE!! CAR!!!
Effluvium Boy
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:25 PMCOMEDY UNOBTANIUM!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA… Too… much… hilarity…
…
must…
…
… breathe…
*Collapses*
Jamie What?
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:26 PMGreat effort from all! I was hard pushed to supress my laughter at work. Almost took a page from Tad’s book and snorted some coke.
I only found out about all this at the last fricking second so I only had minutes to get it done. Wish I could have done something better :(
welbot
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:26 PMhaha they’re all classic! Love your work guys! So glad we could spruce up your day a little Mark!
706
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:30 PMWow, well done everybody. I totally forgot about this so I can only offer a sincere happy birthday and a promise of something epic next year.
Happy Birthday Mark!
Hope you continue to enjoy your work here so much
Stevorooni
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:31 PMHappy Birthday Mr Mark!
Here’s your badge and your gun, welcome to Club 30.
Trjn
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:36 PMThanks to TadMod for setting this all up as well, that sneaky guy.
TadMod Edit: Look, I figured that if we could get ♥♥♥♥ to ♥♥♥ the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and then ♥♥♥ it into the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥’♥♥♥♥-♥♥♥♥♥, then we may be able to ♥♥♥♥♥. You know?
Endu
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:58 PMIn relation to a topic in TAY, I for some reason always thought you were asian.
Learn something new every day.
Trjn
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 2:05 PMYou thought I was Asian?
Sure, I live in Sunnybank and most of my friends are Asian, but I spam links to a webcomic where one of the characters is based on me and he is clearly not Asian. :p
dawdle!
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 2:12 PMYour face looks really familiar and I don’t know why…
Trjn
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 2:20 PMI don’t know why either…
dawdle!
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:58 PMI need a TadMod decoder.
TadMod Edit: I wish I had one. It would make my lecture notes INFINITELY more readable!
Gorzilla
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:36 PMI’m so glad Mark decided to share his presents with everyone, some amazing work in there. Wish I had half the tallent of any one of you.
as I don’t all I can do is say happy birthday again.
Happy Birthday Mr Serrels!
Will
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:40 PMHappy Birthday!!!
Felt warm and fuzzy on the inside and I didn’t even do anything, nor is it my birthday.
FatShady
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 3:36 PMDid you eat a live squirrel?
VOOK
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:53 PMSomeone should have sent Mark a copy of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead… that would be have been hilarious.
FatShady
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 2:03 PMI see what you did there! Nice
dawdle!
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 2:06 PMI don’t get sarcasm on the internet.
You should always put [/sarcarsm] at the end when you are being sarcastic! : (
f4cti0n
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 2:00 PMHappy birthday to you, old man Serrels! Here’s to another 30 ey! I wonder what Kotaku will be like by then (aside from all of us being utterly insane).
And good work all! :)