If you want nine minutes of Super Mario World terror, frustration and controller-breaking challenge, watch this video. And what’s with getting only 21 stars at the end? Honestly.
Witch Doctor Mario!? Ooooh Eeeeeeh Oh ah-AHHHHHHHHHH!
Mario Marathon, the epic gaming weekend of fund raising proportions is now over. In the end they raised over 11,142.50$ for Penny Arcade’s charity Child’s Play. The group of gamers Brian, John, and Dan completed Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and completed Super Mario Galaxy with a 120 stars in just under 58 hours. Which is an amazing feat within itself, but even more amazing was the amount of money that they raised!
The group started gaming on Friday (6/27) at 3pm and ended Monday (6/30) at 12:30am. Congratulations to them and their gaming exploits, also a quick special thanks to Brian’s Wife for putting up with them, Couch Dog, Slouch Guy, Blanket Girl, Baby Mario, and all the other people who contributed to this weekend of gaming goodness. We at Infendo wish you good luck and best wishes in any further exploits of sleep deprived marathon gaming you guys might do in the future.
Have you ever wondered if there was a deeper meaning to the games that we play? Maybe something that if we took a look from a different perspective we might see a little more into the world around us and walk away with a deeper understanding of our life. A game that has underlying tones that connects to every day life, and is something that everyone has played.
Let’s just take Super Mario Bros for example, if we were to look at the game and try to search for hidden metaphors there is most likely thousands of them. Take a world in Mushroom Kingdom, say that this represents our transition from life to death. As we progress through the stage, we must collect many things from coins, to mushrooms, and even stars.
The coins could be a representation of our constant need for income and as we bash blocks open for them it is the equivalent of us working at a job. We work hard to get our money, bashing blocks open and sometimes doing it repetitively just to make money. However, sometimes there are ways to get money without having to work for it. Just like people do bad things or “underground dealings” to get cash quickly, this is also represented as well. Since we can all take that path, although hidden from view, by hopping down a pipe to a secret stash easily accessible wealth.
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Of all the Nintendo themed desserts out there this one was just too cool to pass up. Be sure to click over and check out more pics of this Nintendo wedding.
Thanks, jtman347!
Bowser and Birdo? Goombas? Easy peezy lemon squeezy. How about the ones that don’t get recycled as pop culture references in blog post after blog post? Do you think you can tell them apart from obscure dinosaurs?
Well ok, Mr. Fancy Pants. Get on over to Mental Floss’s latest quiz and find out for yourself. Then tell us how you did in the comments. I’m anticipating incredibly high scores from the Infendo faithful. I passed, by the way,with flying colors.
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