Object Record / FI-EPH-169
Look Mommy, a PC Gamer
digital / JPEG, 606×960 / comic / origin unverified / accessioned / catalogued curio
Primary evidence
The object before the record.
Narrative record
Evidence, relevance, and unresolved state.
Provenance
Custody record
Logged 2026-09-26 / quantity 1 digital image. 1 source asset reference registered.
Identification notes
What is known
Found image supplied for The Shadow Zone: a three-panel edit of the "Look mommy" webcomic. A boy points and says "Look mommy, a PC Gamer"; his mother says "Don't look at them Ricky. I don't want you to be influenced by.." and then "OHGODNO." In the last panel Ricky has become the "PC master race" mascot in a Steam shirt, saying "4K, 60fps, Steam, Origin… Too late mom, i've already seen everything." A "PC Superior" watermark is visible. Maker, origin, and date are not recorded. The exif scrub reported no location metadata to strip.
Restoration relevance
Why it remains connected
accessioned / catalogued curio. Disposition: archive. The object remains associated with The Shadow Zone.
Uncertainty notes
What remains unresolved
digital / JPEG, 606×960 / comic / origin unverified. accessioned / catalogued curio. Terms marked unknown, provisional, pending, or unverified remain part of the record until evidence resolves them.
Relationships
Keep the object connected.
Related objects
Parent system
The Shadow Zone
A holding zone for surreal found media and uncanny artifacts that surface around the archive — images with no clear origin, kept as evidence of the culture that accretes on forgotten machines.
Associated dossier / FI-PROJ-010 / open
Field logs / dossiers
Archive routes
Source Assets / 1 reference
Raw archive paths are retained for provenance and maintenance. They are not the primary object presentation.
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assets/ephemera/shadow-zone/fi-eph-169-look-mommy-pc-gamer.jpegOpen local asset