Picture from Old Super Mario by Daiki Sugimoto These past few month have been filled with interviews about high profile creators discussing retirement. It really put a perspective on what I see as a hobby, when the people whose works I grew up with are finally getting to the point that they realistically aren’t going to be doing what I love seeing them do anymore. As somebody that grew up with these media figures, this transition is going to be [...]
This week Ridiculous Fishing released on iOS capable devices, and we’ll have a review for it shortly. Word around the water cooler is that it is something else. Right now though, I want to discuss with you the ridiculousness of video games. They are at times absolutely absurd and I don’t think we’re going to start moving away from that.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 is fast approaching release and to add to the gold rush fever, Nintendo is offering a 100 Nintendo club coins upon purchase. Getting into detail, it is specifically the download copy of NSMB 2 that will net you the 100 club coins after you complete the survey. The physical copy will only get you 50 coins. NSMB 2 is the first full retail game offered via Nintendo’s eShop. I have been assured it is a [...]
Jay Pavlina, lead programmer and game designer of Exploding Rabbit, the team responsible for the cult-hit flash game Super Mario Bros. Crossover, has started his own Kickstarter. The new game, if you could not tell from the above image, is titled Super Retro Squad and will run on the same engine as SMBC. Hit the jump for all the info-bits.
Although a relatively young industry, the world of gaming is unrecognizable from its pixely, simplistic days. Many gamers today will recall their childhoods spent hours in front of a TV traversing a wacky world as a plumber to rescue a princess, or perhaps slaying fantastical baddies to save the world. These stories entertained us as kids not because they were thought-provoking or deep, but for their childlike, almost ridiculous ways of doing things. Who would question why a fat Italian plumber would jump on turtles, ride dinosaurs, and eat mushrooms? We just [...]
In America, we hear about Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime as much as we hear about the company’s consoles – and twice as much as we hear about their games. He’s essentially their pitch man and spokesperson, and the enthusiast press is allowed to have a filed day with rumors until “The Regginator” gives us the official word. Though recently, Fils-Aime has shown that he’s certainly capable of missing the mark. Especially in The Age of the Internet (where [...]
So Nintendo has officially unveiled the Wii U. Unlike last year where we simply saw a model of the system and some tech demos, we have games to finally see what the system is capable of. From the footage below the Wii U seems to be able to keep up graphically with its competitors but the fact that a majority of the games shown off are ports does very little to raise excitement for the system. Hit the jump for [...]
Some of you may remember Mario Gets a Portal Gun, and while one can debate the quality of Dorkly’s productions all day (I don’t care for them), you have to admit that it would be cool to put the concept into action, and now you can! That’s right, fans of quantum tunneling and 8-bit platforming! the folks at StabYourself.net have released this game in the form of “Mari0“ (Spelled with a zero), available on Windows, Linux, and Mac. In this game, Mario gets a [...]
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