I can’t really explain this video without spoiling the joke, but let’s just say it involves a red-head in a castle and two apprentice plumbers, plus lots of piping. More »
I’m sure you’ll agree that half the charm of playing Super Mario Bros nowadays is that it’s so completely different to realistic games like Fallout 3. To its creator Shigeru Miyamoto, however, it’s just plain ol’ embarrassing. More »
This month marks the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros, and in good form, Nintendo has painted Wiis red and re-released Super Mario All Stars in a cherry red boxset. Itsa Mario time! More »
On September 13, 1985, Super Mario Bros was released in Japan, meaning the world’s most famous plumber’s most famous game is now 25 years old. Happy birthday! More »
This is both completely cool and totally useless: A group of engineers going by Waterloo Labs in Austin, Texas, created a way of controlling an original NES by simply moving your eyes. More »
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Genius Japanese violinist Teppei Okada plays the music track and sound effects of Super Mario Bros. Now I’m hoping that the next Nintendo console will include a violinist built-in. After all, they are running out of gimmicks pretty quick. More »
iRwego, a sort-of-cleverly named iPhone app, may not have a very long lifespan, since it’s not approved by Nintendo. But I hope it stays—it soundtracks your life as if it were a Mario game. More »
Remember the legendary gold cartridges created for the 1990 Nintendo World Championships, which included Super Mario Bros, Rad Race, and Tetris, the “Holy Grail of Gaming Collectibles”? Me neither. Someone does, and he paid $US16,000 for it. More »
Those crazy Japanese and their kuroko plays. I love them, but can anybody tell me why they have included Obama in this oversized Gameboy version of Super Mario Bros.? [Iamwendi—Thanks Genevieve!]
