5 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/283/thumb/gaijin4koma2_peersblog_1200684608.jpg?1243120227 http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Gaijin_4Koma http://www.macrochan.org/search.py?tag=Themes%3AReactions%3AGaijin%20Yonkoma http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/283/square/gaijin4koma2_peersblog_1200684608.jpg?1243120227 2009-05-23T23:10:28Z E3 2003/ E3 2004 2003 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active ign, reaction, 4pane, photoshop, video games, 2003 170 Reaction Guys/ Gaijin 4Koma <p>E3 2003, Nintendo needed something big to get ahead of Xbox and the PS2. The <span class="caps">IGN</span> team for the conference was (in the picture left to right) Matt Casamassina, Craig Harris, Chadd Chamers, Peer Schneider. At the conference Nintendo pulled out &#8220;Pacman vs.&#8221; Here is our heroes&#8217; reaction</p> <p><img src="http://media.ign.com/games/image/article/738/738102/gaijin4koma_peersblog_1200684654.jpg" alt="" /><br /> Disappointment</p> <p>Fast forward one year. With news of a new Zelda on the horizon our heroes staged what it would look like when they see it.</p> <p><img src="http://media.ign.com/games/image/article/738/738102/gaijin4koma2_peersblog_1200684608.jpg" alt="" /><br /> Euphoria!</p> <p>How this meme started was on IGN&#8217;s boards and then slowly made it&#8217;s way to 2chan where it got the name &#8220;Gaijin 4Koma&#8221; which basically means &#8220;4-panels-foreigners&#8221; then it went to 4chan then all across the web.</p> <p>The meme often has four panels and usually plays out like so:</p> <p>Panel one: Something fair or lame<br /> Panel two: Disappointment<br /> Panel three: Something awesome<br /> Panel four: Euphoria</p> <p>Example:<br /> <img src="http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/6/6b/ULUVLOLCHAIR.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Occasionaly, the colours will invert for super awesomeness. Sometime things are so awesome it becomes the effect of <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/divide-by-zero">dividing by zero</a>.</p> <p>You can read what Peer Schneider has to say about it <a href="http://blogs.ign.com/Peer-IGN/2008/01/23/78041/">here</a>.</p> 2009-11-19T22:16:57Z 283 16 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/283/original/gaijin4koma2_peersblog_1200684608.jpg?1243120227