My Shin-Ra Electric Power Company ID Card
As you might have read earlier, I attended last night's launch of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII at Sony's Metreon Centre in SF. While the lucky first hundred people got T-shirts, and some even won some great raffle prizes, anyone was allowed to go up and get their complimentary Shin-Ra Electric Power Company ID card. Being firmly in the "anyone" crowd, I stepped up to claim what will sure to be a valuable money maker on eBay some day. They snapped a quick photo and then we got to wait about twenty minutes while the thing processed and Voila... we were presented with our nifty prize in a little labelled envelope. As you can tell from my photo, I am an employee not to be trifled with.
2:23 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
by Flynn De Marco
View: AU Comments (2) | US Comments (77 comments)
OMG 666 UR THE DEVIL
Why oh why do I live in Australia...?? The country that seems to hate games and anyone interested in them... *sob*
@beeporama (brian.j.parker): Whoa. How did I miss that? Oh well, at least I have a Team Zissou Intern t-shirt.
mind in rewind
DEVIL!
demonspawn2578
Oh gosh... Flynn is sexy :"-) The card is very cool though. There's no corporate evil like a company that will burn souls for energy and/or making baubles. Represent!
Schnazer
Yea I got a Shinra card I attend and got to talk to Flynn man they had like questionaires during our wait in line to see our knownlegde of FF7 and a rafle which I won.
Ryosukekun21
That picture is straight gangster...
...Yes I'm aware of the irony.
balls187++
I WAAAAAAANT OOOOONE!!!
Spoony Bard
Did you have a seizure when the photo was taken?
The Great Aussie Evil
Flynn will first identify himself...
....then smack you with a Super Macho Spin Punch!
djgil
flynn, i'd hate to meet you in a dark alley.
geekgrrl
666, the mark of the beast!!!!!
-WPack911
WPack911
That is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Color me jealous.
Moe Power
@LoopyChew: Your comment is full of win. ;-)
Fenris Wolf
So damn cool! Does the card have a magnetic stripe or anything behind it?
youruglyclone
Flynn looks like Angeal with a goatee...
fishtub
Kevin Federline writes for Kotaku AND impregnated Britney AND works for Shinra?! :P
mpdrec
Reminds me of the launch of The Life Aquatic With Team Zissou... you could go to their website, upload a photo, and generate your own printable Team Zissou membership card.
beeporama (brian.j.parker)
More mutton!
Angryrider
#666? I would have asked them to redo my card. Geez.
Green-clad Gamer Dude
It's the muttonchops, right?
Bellamy
@Trowble (XBL/PSN): Don't you mean #0666 is De Marco of De Beast?
LoopyChew
Shave a bald patch at the top of your head, wear a pink shirt and replace your arm with a mechanized one and youd be be Jet from Cowboy BeBop
Finstern
eh!!! I want one too! :'(
zerojad
Nice impression of The Rock stare you got goign there, Flynn!
Shiryu
You have so much Facial Hair... You remind me of a hybrid of Chuck Norris and Solid Snake.
In other words... awesome! :D
VictorStillwater
Flynn that has got to be one of the best pics of you evar~
Witzbold
I'd certainly use my limit break on you.
Odin
one word popped up in my head when i first saw that pic... " RAD "
Banedon38
I AM SO JEALOUS!!!!!
hrabbit
Ahhh...now I can know what Flynn looks like before he goes on his...'adventure' in a couple weeks...
Nekokazzie
I wonder if that was what the mysterious phone was for?
gadgetfanatic
And here I was yesterday on Square Enix Members site wondering if anybody actually made these cards.. haha
thePhildown
Yeah I'm jealous too. I'd keep it in my wallet.
PSN ID: Kadaj24
So jealous...
Project Thanatos
Just a word of advice.
Don't give your card to anyone, unless you're 100% sure he's from the Repair Division.
V1L3
Clearly a turk!
cfulp
How did you get #0666?
Mine says 040 =/ They zoomed out too far on my portrait as well. Anyways the launch was well worth this piece of plastic and shinra shirt =)
Seventh
Man, with that I.D. you could totally, like, get to hang out with Sephiroth and like, show off some mad ninja moves and like, check out his mad sword skilz and like, tell him how cool he is. Yeah.
...at least, that's what I'd do.
sonofnone
Cliffy B?
elevenoverzero
Jejeje no offense bro, but I always thought you were a girl :P
sorry...
Herodito
That's entirely not how I pictured you looking. Not sure what I expected you to look like, really, but I definitely did not expect you to look all... Scruffy.
It's a good look for you.
PapaBear434
So is it made of plastic, or is it laminate paper? If so, I'ma make one for myself using the site. It's just too cool.
Polywhirl
I wish I could get my own. lol
Zwei Voltage
@Komrade_Kayce:
But be sure to whistle the Shinra theme as the person looks at the card.
CyN1caL
That 0666, did everybody get that... or just you?
Either way, You are one lucky bastard.
Ghede
@ittekimasu:
Oh my god.
"Heres my ID. I work for the Shinra Electric Power Company."
The trick is keeping a straight face and seeing if it works.
Komrade_Kayce
@anmkevin: of course not, buy one keep it and present it to police as ID -.-
ittekimasu
@goldwings: r 2 a staker
mossberg
@Elderwulf: Pfft, screw that noise. I want the real thing...
Starsmore
@goldwings: if you look around, alot of their pics have been posted.
=O
Nice! I myself have a Zombie Hunting League ID card. Why? Because it's there...
And I'll need proper identification in the coming apocalypse.
Erwin
xcore
Terroris
Now I know how Flynn looks like.
All I have to see is how Ashcraft, Mark, Maggie and Luke look like and I'm all set.
Hey don't run away, I'm no stalker. Just curious :(
goldwings
Ok, they have something like that on the new Square site. You can make a virtual one. But yea, I want...along with an umbrella corporation ID as well.
Heywoodjabloume
@ittekimasu: Why? so we could all buy one, look at it and then put it in a closet?
anmkevin
Oh snap! 666, it's the sign of the De Marco!
Trowble (XBL/PSN)
Shoulda worn a white jacket so you could be one of the turks :-)
catapult37
FLYNN'S THE DEVIL AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
mossberg
Only someone on Kotaku could get the id number 0666 on their id card on post it.
ocalot
bloody hell they should make that type of thing avaliable on their online store!!! dammit T_T
ittekimasu
oohh the card with the number 0013 would be awesome
excel_excel
Not only did you get an awesome ID card, but an awesome ID number to match. I'm truly jealous of your serendipity.
NeoAkira
ha! I got one. not gonna sell it.
Sweet Tooth
Too awesome for words.
Now if only they had one that said Hojo's Assistant.
BugJar
Did you get to choose that number??
Or perhaps, it chose you..
StevenRafael
yes I am jealous, thanks for asking
SolidOni_ds
We are now aware that you are of pure efil.
Taco Bell™
Oh wait, we do get it at the members page. [member.square-enix.com]
Elderwulf
lol, # 666
Hiro0015
pretty cool
Noks415
"I am an employee not to be trifled with."
true, look @ your number, mr satan
cherrybomb
Now if only the NA members get something so cool.
Elderwulf
Flynn, did you ask for, or did you get number 666? ;)
huginn - thank you xbla for vgcat pictures!
It's a dirty little secret of mine that I've wanted one of these since I was about 15. Sadly, I'd just fugly up the card with my lumber-pile of a face.
muppetsausages
That is pretty cool.
starscream1101
Flynn your beard makes me jealous....
excel_excel
That is flippin' sweet.
Way to go!
Shocky
I'm so jealous
DO WANT!
Sparx