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Retro

The Most Amazing Video Game Title Screens

We did a gallery on the most awesome continue screens a few weeks ago, so it’s only fair that we give their complement — start menus and title screens — the same treatment.

11 May 2013

In Real Life

Homemade Piranha Plant From Super Mario With A Twist: It Breathes Fire

The iconic carnivorous piranha plants from the Super Mario games can be enticing, but I’m sure no one will approach the garden where this giant, 1.8m tall, fire-breathing replica stands.

10 May 2013

Nintendo

Super Mario World: The Kotaku Review

Super Mario World, which is a game about a plumber riding a dinosaur, is filled with rules that make absolutely no sense. For example, if you — and by “you” I mean the character you inhabit, Mario the plumber — jump on something dangerous, it will kill you, unless you are big, or wearing a costume, or riding a dinosaur.

30 April 2013

Retro

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’80s

Video games in the ’80s only depicted a certain amount of pixels on the screen. Fortunately, that didn’t hold developers back from pushing the limits of the available hardware to play with our imagination by creating beautiful, handsome characters.

20 April 2013

In Real Life

Real-Life Photos Mixed With 16-Bit Video Games Are Amazing

The 16-bit era had unique visuals. Simple yet bright and colourful, we could always get lost in the tiny details. Taking parts of these memorable games and mixing them with a real life environment might sound odd, but if done right the results are beautiful.

17 April 2013

In Real Life

This Super Mario Warp Pipe Lamp Is Ready To Light Up Your Life

Yes, this Mario figure on this lamp (found on Etsy) is the key to making a gamer-friendly lighting fixture. But the thing that makes it awesome to me is that rugged-looking pipework.

30 March 2013

In Real Life

Crazy Guy Builds Awesome Instrument To Rethink Super Mario

Meet Chris Novello, alias Paper Kettle, who shows in the video above how he can manipulate Super Mario on the NES with his glitch instruments. The smaller one is a USB device with arcade buttons called Illucia made by the man himself, and the other, multitouch thingy is a soundplane.

21 March 2013

Nintendo

Washington DC’s Metro Line Makes A Perfect Super Mario World Map

Designer Dave Delisle did a really great job recreating the Washington DC Metro Line as a Super Mario Bros 3 world map. With its 86 stations as separate levels, Washington’s Metro would be an extremely long Mario game (and a damn good one, with names like The Pentagon).

15 February 2013

In Real Life

The Romantic Moments In Video Games That Remind You Of Valentine’s Day

With Valentine’s Day putting us all in a romantic mood it was our duty to gather some of the defining aaaawww moments video games offer.

9 February 2013

In Real Life

God Save Mario The Anarchist

We’ve seen Mario as a GTA character, which is badass on its own. But have we seen him fully outfitted as a punk rock anarchist?

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