There’s insanity and then there’s insanity, and this qualifies as the “and then there’s insanity” variety. A speed-runner on YouTube has hacked Super Mario World so that Mario’s noggin takes a metaphysical leap to a game of Pong, where it is batted around between two wood platforms. Next, it moonlig
“I can’t make him look normal guys, something tells me it’s gonna get worse,” Vinesauce intones at the start of this corrupted Mario 64 video, and in this prediction he is correct. This thing belongs in the glitch hall of fame. Mario’s big beautiful face, at the outset, appears to have been frozen j
There are two conflicting accounts of the Mario Brothers myth. One is of a “It’s-a-me-ing” doughboy and his good-natured sibling from a wonderland where toadstools dress in cat suits. The other, perpetuated by the Dustin Hoffman movie and the Saturday morning cartoon, is of two tough-guy plumbers fr
(Above, BioShock Infinite’s alternative cover art.) In recognition of all things that scroll to the right (Nike Fuel bands notwithstanding), a bunch of rad people (including Kill Screen!) are hosting a game exhibition in the holy land. No, not Columbia. Israel. The New Yorker blogged the most heart
With Sony and Microsoft set to reveal and/or release their next big systems into a strange and fragmented landscape, Nintendo knew they had to get creative. So they did what any self-respecting entertainment company must do: They devised a giant metal ball that shoots lightning to the tune of Super
The first time I remember seeing a “take a break” message in a game was for Wii Sports. After a set duration of time, a screen popped up between rounds. “Why not take a break?” it said. “You can pause the game by pressing +.” The accompanying image is a stylized freeze-frame of passive aggression: A
