Tomorrow: NiGHTS into Dreams on the N64
Remember playing Super Mario World on your Sega Genesis? Probably not, considering it's a rather rarebootleg. Well, thanks to the efforts of some determined gamers, you can now play it at home,...
View ArticleThere Is No Princess, Only Zuul!
Super Mario Busters. It's an animated mashup bringing the worlds of Super Mario Bros. and Ghostbusters together in a clever, delightful way. [SLYT] Need more? Here's a Doctor Who / Back To The Future...
View ArticleIn which we discuss the politics of the Mario Universe.
...Although as he self-styles himself "King Koopa," it is apparent that he claims (or is seeking) parity of esteem with Princess Peach; that is to say that he does not regard himself as a "terrorist,"...
View ArticleCat Power: Super Mario 3D World preview
"Meow." He forms his hands into claws and performs a slow cat-scraping motion. To his left and to his right sit the esteemed producer and the director of Super Mario 3D World. "Meow," they both say,...
View ArticleTOTALLY UNAUTHORIZED
Strategy guides, then. Some were official. Some were... less official. Unauthorized, even, free to explore a game's mysteries without the nagging presence of the developers hanging over them. Of...
View ArticleThank you Mario! But our princess is in another... SYSTEM FAILURE
In Super Mario World, if you make the right series of moves with the right game objects, you can cause the game to execute arbitrary code. A particularly delightful use of this feature was recently...
View ArticleDa-da-dah-da-da-DAH!
The Super Mario theme played on a sheng. Li Li-chen performs the Super Mario theme on a sheng, an ancient Chinese musical instrument that is at least as old as 1100 BC.
View ArticleThis. Script. Sucks.
Max Landis, son of John Landis and screenwriter of Chronicle, has shared a 436 page screenplay that he wrote as a 20-year-old: Super Mario World. Via CHUD.
View ArticleClassic Art with a Modern Twist
2015 marks the 400th anniversary of the famous Rinpa School painting of the Wind God and Thunder God (Fujin-Raijin-zu). This has led a modern painter of the Rinpa School to add his own twists on the...
View ArticleSupper Mario Broth
Supper Mario Broth is a wonderfully obsessive blog devoted to all sorts of Super Mario Brothers minutia. Really, you are not prepared for this. Things like.... Super Mario Bros.The Goombas in the...
View ArticleGames over
Big Play Films, the YouTube channel of PBF's Nicholas Gurewitch (previously) has released a new video, "Mushroom Kingdom of Heaven." The highly successful Kickstarting of Gurewitch's forthcoming (&...
View ArticleThe Nintendo Entertainment System is coming back to stores
Nintendo has shocked the gaming community by announcing the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition, a "new" version of its legendary NES hardware which will cost $59.99 in the US. It...
View ArticleMario cover art through the years
A short visual essay on the unnamed but consistent visual style of Mario game box art
View Article"He doesn't do much plumbing, or talk about his heritage"
The Economist:How Super Mario became a global cultural icon.Children—and their parents—lost days of their lives inside Mr Miyamoto's kingdom. "Super Mario Bros." sold 40m copies and the Mario franchise...
View ArticleA HOT DOG IS A LENGTHY MEAT TUBE ON BREAD
Nintendo Switch owners weigh in on an iconic debate: Are hot dogs sandwiches? [Polygon]"Nintendo posed an important question to Switch owners several weeks ago: Is a hot dog a sandwich? It's one of...
View ArticleReanimate Everything
The last couple of months have seen two new entries in the growing genre of Reanimations - shot-for-shot fan-remakes of cartoons set to the original soundtracks. In late July, 164 animators came...
View Article"It's-a me, Mario!"
Is Mario a human? Yes. There is some disagreement. Is Mario a plumber? Not anymore, he's retired. Is Mario Italian or Japanese? Italian. What is Mario's last name? Mario. Are Mario and Wario related?...
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"Of course Mario isn't a plumber, or at least not just a plumber. Because professionally speaking, Mario wears many hats. He's a doctor. He's the lead in a mariachi band. He's a building inspector....
View ArticleDance It to the Next Level
What better way to share your love of video games and your love of dance than by combining them? (SLYT)
View Article"Are those big spots his... ears?"
The Investigation Into Toad's Head Continues [Kotaku]"In case you didn't know Toad is at the center of a heated, ongoing debate. On one side are the people who think the mushroom on his head sits there...
View ArticleThis Guy Paints Pop-Culture Characters Into Old Thrift-Store Paintings
Dave Pollot buys thrift store paintings and enhances them with pop culture symbols. "Most are prints or lithographs," he told Bored Panda. "Any scratches or marks are carefully touched up and then my...
View ArticleBoy Bite With Bowl And Bowser
A mid-'90s advertisement for Super-Mario-themed Kraft Mac 'n Cheese, sandwiched around a weirdly compelling yet matter-of fact narration detailing all the parts that went into producing it.
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