It’s a beautiful morning in the Mushroom Kingdom. Illustration by Ben Hickling. (via.)
Jesus Castañeda's Super Mario Ghostbusters will have you hunting the ghost of Bowser in a heartbeat.
Is it just me, or is that Samus cosplaying as Mario? From the 2011 World Championships in Moscow. (Via Obvious Winner)
The Cleverlys perform the Mario Bros. theme for Maxim UK. Nailed it.
Gym, tan, rescue princess. These guidos are stompin' goombas! (Sorry.)
I think the Blue Shell would've worked for Wrath too. Snatched from the jaws of first place….rage…building…
This is pretty darn awesome. [Ed. note: Seems like a little bit of a waste of a virtuoso violinist on someone who can't even get past Level 1-2. But still.]
Illustrator, Jeff Buffum takes an in-depth look into the black market of video game character meat. Here’s one of his clever diagrams that illustrates what your favorite dinosaur/dragon/chameleon is really made of. You can check out the rest of his meaty charts on his blog.
Culture Buzz A series of aphorisms (or maybe warnings?), as told by Super Mario Bros. See the whole collection at No No Mario Bros.
Music Buzz Someone has completed the thankless task of collecting and posting all the sheet music from Super Mario Bros. They even included the little sounds you don't think about, such as the 3-note coin sound.
Culture Buzz Wake up, people! Stop idolizing Mario Mario, better known to you as the “protagonist” of the Super Mario franchise. Countless turtles and other innocent creatures have been slaughtered by his stompy feet. Here's a different perspective for those of you with enlightened minds.
Culture Buzz Some genius in Portland, Oregon, just made their bike lanes about a million times better. This makes me want to go to Portland and throw turtle shells at bikers. In, like, a friendly way. (Via.)
The cast of Super Mario Bros. gets Zombified! Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad have never looked this creepy.
Some classic NES characters didn't make the final cut of Super Mario Crossover. The obstacles of the Mushroom Kingdom proved too great for some of our old Nintendo favorites.
Don't tell me I didn't warn you Mario, but you were all like “It's a-me, It's a-me”, which made no fucking sense so now I'm kinda glad you're all ripped to shreds. I've never beat Mario, can you tell?
Classic game characters in well known masterpiece “The Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo. From left to right: Mario, Midna, Shigeru Miyamoto, Daisy, Princess Peach, Toadette, Zelda and Birdo. Lower row: Rosalina and Samus.
This heroic young man beat Super Mario Bros. entirely using a dance pad. It takes a lot of practice, but this is a very cheap and easy way to impress the ladies, so take notes.
Culture Buzz Rule 34 applies to the Super Mario Bros. just as much as anyone else. (Via The swedish bed.)
Koopas are the only things that would make this incredible shelf better. The pipe is a nice touch, though.
Seven Mario suits that they really need to get around to making ASAP. The Mario Zoot suit is my favorite.
Maybe Super Mario Sweater Parties will replace Christmas Sweater Parties in 2010. Dare to dream. (How-to-ish at the source).
A million Koopa supporters turn out to support the koopa troopa army! Sure, it looks like only one, but the other 999,999 are just spread out.
All you need is a radish and, like, a degree in radish-whittling. So, no. You probably can't do this at home. Cute though!
Check out this text book quality run-down on how things REALLY work in the mushroom kingdom.
Once again proving that everything in life is best explained within the context of 8-bit video games.