Editor’s Note: We’re happy to have a guest post today from Michael over at Ninety Nine Percent Gaming. Michael’s from Ireland, which automatically makes him cooler than me, and he writes about all things video games on his blog (which … Continue reading 5 Things Retro Gaming Taught Me About Video Games
Oh boy, an ice level! Ice levels are the creation of deranged, unloved game designers. These designers spend their lives eating only stale bread crusts and drinking lots of effluent. They got kicked out of their mother’s basement, so they … Continue reading Game On: New Super Mario Bros. (World 3)
We’ve made it to the desert, which must mean it’s time to get serious. Unfortunately, Yellow Toad is stoned out of his mind, Blue Toad is too concerned with finding his parents’ killer, and Luigi…well, he’s Luigi. These people are … Continue reading Game On: New Super Mario Bros. (World 2)
That first time wasn’t a one-time gig. We’re back and here to stay. New Super Mario Bros. might be the perfect Let’s Play game. No split-screen or multiple console nonsense — just everyone on the screen trying to survive. And … Continue reading Game On: New Super Mario Bros. (World 1)
I bought a pretty nice keyboard recently to get back to playing the piano again. I never learned how to read sheet music or anything fancy like that, but I’ve always had a gift for listening to things by ear … Continue reading A New Level of Video Game Music
There’s a decent chance that Super Mario Kart is the game I’ve played most my entire life. It sounds a little strange to put it that way, but it’s true. When my dad bought me a Super Nintendo, the first … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Super Mario Kart
“The Wii U is the cousin-humping South of the gaming industry.” Continue reading Rack Focus: On Pizza Hut, Cavemen, and the Wii U
A few weeks ago, a friend and I were going over things that we hated and wished would burn in a terrible fire. I threw out frivolous things that bother me, like “Michael Bay movies” or “Fortunetellers who try to get you to believe they know you by saying things like ‘Sometimes things happen in life that don’t quite meet your expectations.’” He said things decidedly less frivolous, like “my parents” and “people who disagree with me.” I realized at this moment we were not playing the same game and became very uncomfortable.
Anyway, considering this “hate list” got me thinking about different aspects in the video game industry that need to take a permanent hiatus. They don’t have to go home, but they gots to get the hell out of here!
…Sorry, I just always wanted to say that, and I never had a party where people had to leave quickly. Or any kind of party, really.
On November 13, the strangely titled Super Mario 3D Land comes out on the Nintendo 3DS.
In case you needed a refresher on the realm of insanity that is the Mario series, I’ve compiled an A-Z guide covering everything on the mustachioed Olympian kart racing partying doctor plumber.
First introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3, the airships replaced the castles of the original Mario game with floating fortresses filled to the brim with death. Cannon balls, wrenches, and every other painful object you could think of fly through the air as the screen slowly scrolls over, forcing gamers to constantly stay on their toes. At the end, Mario faces off with one of Bowser’s children before falling a thousand feet to safety. Continue reading “An A to Z guide to Mario”
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