Little Big Anatomy

Well, Jason Freeny has done it again: he’s created De-Constructing Sackboy, one of the characters from the addicting video game Little Big Planet. The Little Astronomer is a huge fan of the game (and not just because über-skeptic Stephen Fry narrates it) and I have to admit it’s one of the best video games I have ever seen. So this drawing really cracks me up. Not sure how TLA will take it, but she’s a scientist and skeptic at heart. I think she’ll like it.

Tip o’ the virtual scalpel to Geekologie.

April 2nd, 2009 3:09 PM by Phil Plait in Cool stuff, Humor | 9 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

9 Responses to “Little Big Anatomy”

1. Some Canadian Skeptic Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:17 pm

I didn’t know Stephen Fry is the narrator! Now I gotta go buy it.

I’m such an easily-manipulated consumer.
2. LarianLeQuella Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:18 pm

One would think that a zipper would be a poor survival trait, unless innards NEED to be accessed easily. Very cute though!
3. James Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:33 pm

I suspect that the zipper is either vestigial, or part of the reproductive system.
4. Pieter Kok Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm

James, check out the anatomy in the link: The zipper is definitely not part of the reproductive system…
5. fluffy Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:16 pm

I didn’t know Stephen Fry was a skeptic. He goes to a reflexologist. Although to be fair, his statement on it was, ” To be honest, not sure if I buy the whole reflexology shtick, but I do love a damned good footrub..”
6. randalflagg.net Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:29 pm

Little Big Anatomy | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Well, Jason Freeny has done it again: he’s created De-Constructing Sackboy, one of the characters from the addicting video game Little Big Planet.
7. SionH Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 6:30 am

Hmm, well Fry ain’t as skeptical as he should be. He does like his reiki massages a little too much (and tweets about them). I’ve tweeted him about it several times, but I doubt he’s read my tweets amongst the thousands he must get daily. Perhaps a concerted effort on all our parts next time he does it…?
8. Simon Richard Clarkstone Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm

*grin* at the dual meaning of “De-constructing”.

It is a pity the artist just went for a plain mammalian body plan, rather than something more exotic that one would expect of a creature made of wool.
9. XxSackboyxX88 Says:
June 15th, 2011 at 6:44 pm

now if only we could insert that into LBP

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