I found it particularly fitting that today we already 'talked at ya' about the magnificently radical Super Mario Papercraft. How perfectly convenient it is that on this same day I would stumble upon a series of Super Mario statues made out of paper clips.
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Super Mario Bros. 3D Magnetic Papercraft
Times are tough. Tough enough that some people not only don't own any gaming consoles, but they don't have even own a TV that would allow them to even pretend they own a gaming console.
Read More »New Record Set for Worst Super Mario Bros Score
YouTube user NotEntirelySure has posted a video earning him a suprising achievement -- the worst-ever score in Super Mario Bros. He never hit any blocks, killed any enemies or collected any coins. Also, he did this without dying even once.
Read More »Dude Beat Four Super Mario Bros. Titles, At Once, In Ten Minutes
One man. Four 'Super Mario Bros.' titles. Ten minutes. It has to be seen to be believed, then meticulously dissected to prove whether or not it's fake.
Read More »Behold! A First-Person Recreation of ‘Super Mario Bros.’
If you've ever wondered what 'Super Mario Bros.' would look like if it were rendered in a first-person perspective, two things: 1.) you should be ashamed of yourself, 2.) you're in luck!
Read More »The Super Mario Bros. Controls That Never Were
25 years after the fact, most novice gamers know that the controls for Super Mario Bros. on the NES consist of two major inputs: “A” equals jump, “B” equals run or shoot fireballs. It was this simplicity that lived on in the Mario games that followed. But these controls were not always in the plans for our favorite chubby plumber. ...
Read More »Decisions, Decisions: Mario’s Dilemma
Let’s play a little game. You’ve spent your entire life killing the closest friends of Bowser. But how will you take action when your two most beloved are at the edge of death, and only one can possibly be saved. Neither path will be easy. You’ll have to choose. But be quick, the clock is ticking. Damn you, Jigsaw! Mario ...
Read More »Son of Manio
Inspired by Rene Magritte’s The Son of Man, Son of Manio is Jonah Block’s geeky little way of showing his admiration for both gaming and surrealist art. The Son of Manio design is available on a T-Shirt from Woot today only for only $10. You can check out this link for a refresher on Magritte’s original The Son of Man ...
Read More »A Brief Study of Mario
Born as Jumpman in the early 1980’s, later changing his name to the much less embarrassing Mario Mario, this is one above average plumber. What other plumbers do you know who can hold their breath for an infinite period of time underwater or can break blocks of bricks with their bare fists without any long-term repercussions? I think not. This ...
Read More »Super Mario Anatomy Sculpture
Video game characters are people too. Well, most of the time. With all of the blustering and bowing we’ve come to expect from ourselves when we talk about our favorite gaming character of all time, we sometimes forget the humanity of these characters. The flesh and blood. Salvaged from one of his hundreds of million lost lives, this Super Mario ...
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