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#supermario Maybe it's me. Maybe it's the model's gleeful pose. Or maybe it's the waggling tail. Whatever the case, this hoodie from 80s tees, is kind of weirdly off-putting. More »

#screengrab This is a box of "Marios," a novelty product pitched by Mario Williams, a new member of the Buffalo Bills' defensive line, and currently on sale in Buffalo-area grocery stores such as Top's. Proceeds from the sale of this cereal benefit patients and families of children being treated at an area cancer institute. The nameplate font certainly evokes the title screen of Super Mario Bros. More »

#supermario There are at least two timelines on the Internet that put the major Super Mario games in chronological order, as if they happened to one guy named Mario who has been living an extraordinary life. More »

#nintendo The debate as to video games are art is tired. Either you think they are or that they're not. Turns out the controllers used to engage with games can become sublime, too. More »

#satoruiwata The line of games that started with Super Mario Bros and extends to this week's New Super Mario Bros. 2 have an unusual, innate appeal, according to the president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata. More »

#supermario From afar, I thought I was seeing a Minecraft-inspired hole of miniature golf. Closer, I thought the inspiration may have been 3D Dot Game Heroes. No, the mini-golf hole made by a gentleman named Aaron Williamson was based on Super Mario Bros.. More »

#love "Will you be my player two?" More beautiful words between two gamers have never been spoken. Offbeat Bride tribesmaid Kaharaminttu raised the phrase to new levels of sweetness with this creative coin box proposal to her husband-to-be. More »

#supermario In the colorful world of Nintendo's Mario franchise even the tortured spirits of the undead are cute and cuddly. Let's see how they react to a real restless torture spirit. More »

#supermario A new side-scrolling Super Mario Bros. game called New Super Mario Bros. 2 will be released for the Nintendo 3DS this August, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced today in Japan. More »

#thehungergames This one was just too easy. I mean, who hasn't imagined the characters from Suzanne Collins' young adult novels interacting with the disembodied Mario head of Mario Teaches Typing 2? More »

#supermario Toad was supposed to be Mario's friend, right? Then why doesn't he just give Mario what he needs instead of making him play his twisted games? More »

#supermario At the end of a nearly 13 minute interview, Peter Travers, the eminent film critic from Rolling Stone asks Josh Hutcherson, who plays Peeta in current box office smash The Hunger Games to sing the song currently on his mind. OK, Hutcherson says, just one problem: The song has no lyrics. More »

#supermario The surrealism of Super Mario Bros. would seem to be self-evident but, as PBS' Idea Channel on YouTube says, perhaps it has been around for so long that its non sequiturs are taken for normal. More »

#supermario Look, Bowser, we all know that plumber-killing and princess-snatching can take a lot out of you, but come on. If you're going to buy a gigantic clown death machine, at least get your wife's permission first. More »

#toys Whoa. More »

#mario In the last few months, Nintendo put out a couple of Mario games—namely, Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. But Nintendo isn't finished. There's another Mario title on the horizon; it wasn't publically known until today. More »

#supermario I spent 2011 documenting the life of one of the most important people in the media world. His name is invoked when referring to the European debt crisis, Medicaid reform, soccer stars, and even bioplastics. PETA protested him, coasting off his reflected fame. More »

#supermario Koji Kondo created an earworm of epic proportions when he wrote the theme music for Super Mario Brothers more than 20 years ago. The tune's become one of the most recognizable pop culture jingles of the last 40 years, to the point where tropical birds feel the need to sing it out loud. The feathered soloist could use a little practice but this rendition should still conjure up images of mystery blocks and warp pipes in listeners' heads. More »

#supermario Concept artist Larry Quach made the Batcave image I used for a piece on Arkham City's upcoming challenge maps DLC. But that's not the only video game-related creativity that the California resident's whipped up. Quach gave a total visual design treatment to the wedding of two friends, with invitations, a seating chart and a take-home mystery box complete with gold (chocolate) coins. Quach had only one other person helping him make all of this elaborate paper art, so his accomplishment's even more admirable. Truly one for the annals of video game wedding history. More »

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#nintendo If you've ever played a Zelda game or a Mario game, you've played a game made by a bunch of people in Japan. Most likely, they were far away from you. But that doesn't mean they didn't think about you. More »

#theysaiditonapodcast Last week, the People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, ticked off a lot of people who like video games. But maybe the gamers shouldn't have been so upset about that whole "Mario Kills Tanooki" thing? More »

#thelegendofzelda This week, the time-honored American holiday of Thanksgiving rolls around yet again, serving as the kick-off to a month-long orgy of conspicuous consumption. To celebrate, Nintendo just announced that it's releasing two 3DS bundles on Turkey Day. This announcement confirms the availability of the previously mentioned black Legend of Zelda handheld and outs a flame-red Super Mario model, too. $199 gets you the 3DS and either Super Mario 3D Land or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, and the combo saves you a bit of money compared to buying them separately. More »

#supermario That bizarre Mario vs. PETA kerfuffle's fading into the rear view but that's not stopping Taiwanese media outfit Next Media Animation from giving us their askew take on the dust-up. Looking at their oddly-shaped version of Mario is enough to give a person nightmares. Those long legs—brrrr!—-and giant feet are bad enough but the crazy eyes Next Media Animation gives Princess Peach's sweetums will haunt anyone who looks upon them. It's not been uncommon to see Mario given the ultra-violent treatment, as in The Brothers Mario. But, something about the exploding turtles and fireballs lobbed at nearly naked protestors by Mario doppelgangers gives this video an extra bit of WTF. More »

#supermario I recently heard from a reader who didn't understand what was wonderful about The Legend of Zelda games. I tried to explain. And then I heard from him again. More »

#furniture Video game décor, 'tis a tricky thing, it is. On one hand, who wouldn't want Mega Man wall hangings and Pac-Man poufs in their room of living? On the other, you still want people to believe that you've got taste. More »

#supermario Today we all know that Luigi is the taller of the two Mario brothers, but back in the old days the difference wasn't quite as easy to notice. More »

Along with the announcement of a massive price cut for the 3DS, Nintendo also revealed the release months for two upcoming titles, Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7...

#comiccon Loads of big games will be at this year's Comic-Con. Nintendo is no exception. More »