Disco Elysium fans turn dev's Kim portrait into full-blown shrine at convention

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EGX 2022 united Disco Elysium fans far and wide

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After a Disco Elysium developer put up a tiny framed picture of Kim Kitsuragi at a convention, fans created a shrine of letters to the beloved character.

It all began last week on September 22, when EGX 2022 in the U.K. first opened its doors on Thursday to the general public. The Twitter user just below noticed that Disco Elysium's booth was actually adorned with a framed picture of the famed Kim Kitsuragi - not a gigantic framed picture though, but rather a tiny one just off to the side of Studio ZA/UM's booth.

It didn't take long for things to... evolve. The first tribute to Kim Kitsuragi came less than 24 hours after the photo was first hung up, as the tweet from the official Disco Elysium account below attests to, from Playtonic Games senior artist Stevie Cole. The letter thanks Kim for being an upstanding gentleman to their Harry, just as we'd expect from the detective.

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Things really changed 48 hours later. On September 25, the final day of EGX 2022, Disco Elysium fans assembled an entire shrine dedicated to Kim Kitsuragi, complete with inspirational messages, letters thanking him, and even fan art of the RCM's greatest lieutenant. If you were wondering how based Disco Elysium's fans are, there's even fan art of Harry and Kim getting it on.

Things really did spiral out of control for the Disco Elysium booth at EGX - but in the best way possible. It turns out the photo of Kim Kitsuragi actually belongs to Studio ZA/UM community and social media manager Poppy Ingham, who painstakingly took down all the letters to Kim after EGX was done, and plans to assemble the entire lot into a collage for her colleagues. 

Yes, even the "F***ing Cuno was here" one.

Disco Elysium devs were looking for artist with a "love for sci-fi and space" earlier this year. 

Hirun Cryer
Hirun Cryer
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Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.