15 Terrific Pixel Art Soda Displays

by Eric Limer | 12:30 pm, February 15th, 2012

When I did my time in the stockroom at a grocery store, we devoted our “free time” to such admirable pursuits as sleeping in the storage trailers or hanging out in the ice cream freezer, eating out of the damage bins. Apparently other wage-slaves feel better if they waste their time on something that at least looks cool, like turning soda displays into walls of pixel art. Naturally, the form lends itself to video game homages (particularly Mario homages), but you might be surprised at the breadth of the art form. Don’t believe me? Check out this collection of 15 notable examples.

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1.Darth Maul

Someone needs to work on their dental hygiene. Via

2.Mario and Luigi

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3.A Mario and His Mushroom

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4.Donkey Kong

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5.OH OH OH!

I'm not exactly sure what's going on with Santa here. I don't think I want to know. Via

6.Snoop Dogg Stage

Full disclosure: This was part of a Pepsi Max commercial and more of a structure than pixel art, but that's Snoop Dogg, so it still counts. Via

7.Captain America Shield

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8.Some Bunnies and a Punkin'

A composite picture to cover all your traditional holiday friends. Via

9.The Drink Pyramid

This one looks like part of an ad campaign. Also not pixel art. Still neat. Via

10.Polar Bear

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11.Proposal

Word is that this is from a Walmart. Add or subtract "classiness" points as you see fit. Via

12.Luigi Takes the Spotlight

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13.A Mario and his Yoshi

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14.The King of Pop

This is a more "traditional" art piece, but the pun is just perfect. Via

15.A Sunday on La Canned Jatte

Again, part of an actual art display. Via

16.BONUS!

And as a bonus, here's a guy standing in front of a soda display in a soda display suit. Via

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The Unintentional Hilarity of Twitter Spam Bots

Back Alley Internet is a recurring column in which we explore some of the weirder corners of the Internet and see what we can drudge up for your amusement and education. This week: We study the legions of Twitter bots that trawl the trending topics and spit out some unintentionally hilarious tweets.

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Eric Limer You have to tew two tutus?! I have to tew two tutus too!
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Max The Pizza and Pasta Foundation supports the federal SAUCE act. Ask your congressman to put some SAUCE on it!
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Eric Limer I like how if you make a mistake typing a popular URL, invariably the site you find is all "YOU'RE WINNER!" It's uplifting for a second.
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Max Spam for work involves a false teeth supplier and someone looking to buy magnetic plates.
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Eric Limer So that improv show was definitely a good idea. Ben Schwartz, Zach Woods, Justin Long, AND Adam Scott. #EverythingWentBetterThanExpected
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Max Got a lot crossed off my to-do list tonight, and I'm starting to feel significantly less freaked about about, well, life.
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Eric Limer I need trephination like I need a hole in the head.
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Max AIM CHAT: I like you, too. *belushis*
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Eric Limer Listening to Call Me Maybe and cropping screengrabs of Twitter bots. It's times like this that I really love my job.
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James Plafke Popular rapper Ladies Love Removed Eyes.
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Eric Limer I am genuinely enjoying using So.cl to make weird picture mash-ups. I just made a collage of becks. http://t.co/ulGbDbwn
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Eric Limer This Facebook IPO coverage needs to stop cuz I'm seriously sick of seeing Zuckerberg staring creepily at me from the top of every story.
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Max Put on your poodle skirts and choose your favorite syrup because we're gonna have a sock-hop at the iHop.
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James Plafke I just threatened my mom to email me something by telling her I'd discuss with her all the lady celebrities I'd have sex with.
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Max New Hallmark Card: "I held an extended conversation with you without being able to remember your name" Inside: "I'm sorry."
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Eric Limer To any of you bros who might like to ice me, I encourage you to act on that urge, bro.
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Eric Limer If anyone is looking for some totally garbled, nigh-incomprehensible ad copy, I'm your man.
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Eric Limer What? None of my Facebook friends are on So.cl? How can this be?!
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Eric Limer "Does this mustache look creepy? Experts are blind; can't tell."
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Rollin Bishop Lin Beifong is suddenly one of the best things about Legend of Korra.
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