What would happen if Nintendo had based its franchise character on French stereotypes instead of Italian? By Jon Defreest (via behance.net)
Gym, tan, rescue princess. These guidos are stompin' goombas! (Sorry.)
Since you all liked Mario with realistic sound effects, here is a compilation of old school games with new school sounds. As for me, I still favor the 8-bit soundtracks.
I prefer the 8-bit soundtrack over this realistic depiction of Mario running into things. But you can be the judge.
Culture Buzz The Mushroom Kingdom is more than just a brightly colored fantasy land full of strange creatures and princesses. It's also a place to poop.
Finally, the perfect mix of show tunes and video games. Apparently, this is from a comedy act featuring songs from fictional Broadway musicals that should never be made. But don't you think there's some potential here?
Culture Buzz A series of aphorisms (or maybe warnings?), as told by Super Mario Bros. See the whole collection at No No Mario Bros.
Imagine walking into your backyard and being surprised by one of these. CREEPY.
An original composition for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Koji Kondo (1985).
Culture Buzz It's the 25th birthday of video gaming's most iconic franchise, Super Mario Bros.! Happy birthday, Mario. Here's to another 25 years. (I, for one, look forward to playing new Mario games well into my 50s.)
Culture Buzz For the parents of any geek who knows that playing video games isn't underachieving, It's just a different sort of achievement. Do you have any idea how hard it is to beat Woodman without the Metal Blade or Atomic Fire?
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.
Mario has a world-shattering epiphany. But at what cost? Art and animation by Cory Godbey.
TV Buzz A look at what a classic NES game might look like if it was designed for the hapless gamers of 2010. Somehow, making games more simple has made them way more complicated.
Tech Buzz Play through the old classic Super Mario Bros. game using your other favorite NES characters. I know Game Battle isn't for a couple days, but killing Goombas with Mega Man's Mega Buster is such a satisfying experience, I had to share.
Business Buzz According to FakeMTA's twitter feed, the new express L Train which opened today is experiencing a lot of problems already.
Tech Buzz A challenging side-scroller combining Super Mario Bros. and Tetris into one game. You need switch back and forth between the two games and lay bricks in order to help Mario progress to the end of each level.
For those of you perverts who always wondered what Mario looked like underneath the overalls.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/08/new-super-mari...
The trailer for the new Super Mario Bros. game came out today, and it look pretty freakin' amazing.
http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2724&a=2
Wii Sports has now passed sales of Super Mario Brothers, making it the top selling console game of all time. And it's all thanks to this kid.
Tech Buzz The word means “cloud” or “spider” (double buzz-word score!) in Japanese, and may be Microsoft's latest attempt at creating a search brand anyone cares about. It may involve some new services, but it sounds like it will be just a new name for “Live Search.”