on Feb 7th, 2008All Your Base are Belong to Us
I always wondered the origin of the ‘geek’ phrase ‘All your base are belong to us’. Well, I did a search, and found this video:
From Wikipedia:
“All your base are belong to us” (often shortened to “All Your Base”, “AYBABTU”, or simply “AYB”) is a broken English phrase that sparked an Internet phenomenon in 2001 and 2002, with the spread of a Flash animation that depicted the slogan. The text is taken from the opening cut scene of the European Sega Mega Drive version of Zero Wing, a Japanese video game by Toaplan. Its brief but intense popularity derived from its poor translation into English and its near-accidental adoption by a group of Internet humorists. Originated from Something Awful,”All Your Base” is still a well-known reference among gamers.
Additionally, other lines from the cut scene are sometimes cited as examples of Internet memes, often in conjunction with the “All Your Base” line―notably, “Somebody set up us the bomb” and “For great justice!” make regular appearances on internet forums.
