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If Video Game Power-Ups Existed in Everyday Life

By CRACKED Readers June 12, 2008 106,438 views
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So we were sitting in traffic and thinking about how much we'd like to throw one of those blue shells from Mario Kart at the other drivers, and got to thinking about how useful some other video game power-ups would be in real life.

We asked you to photoshop some examples of video game items, power-ups, weapons, etc being used in everyday life, and offered $50 to the best. The winner is below, but first the runners-up:

#30.


by Salieri


#29.


by scotty2127


#28.


by baboo


#27.


by fultron


#26.


by codespyder


#25.


by savethosewhales


#24.


by Sanchez


#23.


by HyperGlavin


#22.


by Ripples


#21.


by ChronoSTF


#20.


by Sanchez


#19.


by blemm


#18.


by baredevil


#17.


by BooBooKittyFvck


#16.


by Salieri2


#15.


by B.Leyd


#14.


by eddie_lummox


#13.


by Darren_Darby


#12.


by ComradeTrotskii


#11.


by DeceitfulNinja


#10.


by Ripples


#9.


by flashOFeuphoria


#8.


by Petar


#7.


by jazbeck


#6.


by Mr_K_Twig


#5.


by Faulkie


#4.


by DrunkYamo


#3.


by Navigator2001Plus


#2.


by SamLowery


And the winner is...


by SkinJob


Congrats, SkinJob. You win money.




Want in on this?

You'll have another chance. This week's Photoshop contest theme is:

Jobs Too Awesome To Exist.

Pretty straightforward. We'd prefer photoshops of the people DOING the jobs as opposed to simple job listings.

Post entries in the forums.

Got an idea for a future Cracked photoshop contest? Let us know.



number one did deserve to win. its the only picture that showed how my guy is able to carry 45 different types of guns. lol. i always wondered where they went :)

5/29/2009 11:34:13 AM
ekkoh313

\6 should have won...

5/20/2009 9:07:28 AM
DHeadshot

To PalinIsNotAMILF. In #10 one of the elders is sitting on a companion cube used in the game Portal.

1/20/2009 4:22:53 PM
Oops

#28 was pretty awesome, though.

1/17/2009 5:58:51 AM
Tartra

#1 deserved to win.

1/17/2009 5:58:26 AM
Tartra

can someone please explain #10?

12/27/2008 3:17:35 PM
PalinIsNotAMILF

in videos games weapons appear out of nowhere. #1 is awesome.

9/21/2008 4:19:02 AM
Isshiah

I don't think number one should've been the winner although all of them were pretty great.

8/17/2008 9:52:31 PM
FrederSonOfJoh

man i would love #1

8/12/2008 4:55:46 PM
UOYCKUF

#2 is funny, but the pong doesn6t mace seence

8/7/2008 12:12:26 PM
willyhassertt

hey I want my stealth camo of MGS

7/8/2008 2:26:52 PM
Solid_Cat

Actually, I thought #18 was a Space Invaders reference...

6/23/2008 8:00:03 AM
dandaman

For anyone that cares, Sonicscream2 is wrong, 19 is tienamen square in China. The guy wasn't crushed, but he was arrested.

Vietcong couldn't afford tanks anyawy.

6/15/2008 10:36:32 PM
blah227

#18 is the smokescreen powerup from Spyhunter for the NES.

6/14/2008 11:48:05 PM
BebopZaibatsu

But see, Borat, #1 is clever, cuz it's making fun of the fact that video game characters always carry like a dozen weapons. It's okay that you didn't get it, though. We understand.

6/14/2008 11:14:21 PM
SickBoy

Actually, he's facing down Chinese tanks during the Tianamen square protests around 1990. Easy mistake, since all asians look alike, especially when they are inside tanks.

6/14/2008 8:29:28 PM
helion

The invincible guy in #19 stared down five Viet-Cong tanks in vietnam during the war. Nobody knows what happened to him.

6/14/2008 6:38:26 PM
Sonicsceam2

Either #19 (funny as hell!) or #6 should have won!

IMO, the winning one wasn't that good...

6/14/2008 6:36:12 PM
AsianBorat

I think Cracked got it right this time, and I love 'em all.

But I don't get #18. Can somebody explain?

6/14/2008 4:40:16 PM
Unakau

Number 19 is hilarious. It wins by a landslide.

6/14/2008 4:29:55 PM
Sweetlips