Speedrunner Crushes Super Mario World Without Using A Single Power-UpJason Schreier7/11/16 10:31am7514EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThere were some remarkable speedruns at Summer Games Done Quick 2016, but this might be the most impressive: Rezephos blazing through Super Mario World without getting a single mushroom, fire flower, cape, star, or Yoshi.
Super Mario Bros. World Record Beaten With Near-Perfect RunPatricia Hernandez4/14/16 11:30am10227EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThere’s a new world record for beating Super Mario Bros. quickly—and it may be the fastest possible time that a human can achieve. That’s why Darbian, the man behind the new record, is now hanging up his hat.
Super Mario Bros., Beaten Blindfolded In Under 15 MinutesPatricia Hernandez2/03/16 11:50am6511EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkFor three months, one man has been practicing Super Mario Bros. without actually looking at the screen. That work has now paid off.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam: The Kotaku ReviewJason Schreier1/25/16 4:04pm13917EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWhen you think of sensational action sequences and explosive setpieces, your mind may jump to big-budget productions like Uncharted or Tomb Raider. Allow me to present a dark horse contender: the unassuming Mario & Luigi series, with its goofy animations and sight gags, which has carved out its own healthy niche in…
A New World Record For Beating Super Mario Bros. As Fast As PossiblePatricia Hernandez10/19/15 3:30pm7515EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkI invite you to feast your eyes on an expert playthrough of the original Super Mario Bros. Somehow, a speedrunner known as Darbian manages to blaze through the old-school classic in whopping 4:57.627.
Learn About Capitalism With Super Mario Bros. 2Mike Fahey2/08/15 3:00pm2017EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink I've not come across a finer means of illustrating the origins of our Western work ethic than this video featuring a recycled Japanese game. Why did't we have 8-Bit Philosophy back when I was in college?
Dude Smashes The Mario Bros. World RecordLuke Plunkett1/05/15 11:30pm406EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkTom Votava's score of 4,678,440, a Mario Bros. world record that has stood since 2009, has been smashed by Florida man Steven Kleisath, who earlier today set a new high score of 5,424,920.
Forza Horizon 2 Takes Traffic Jams To A Whole New LevelSteve Marinconz10/01/14 1:00pm602EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkTraffic is bad enough when there are cars all around you. It's worse when they're on top of you and you're floating in a void. Also in today's Highlight Reel, a new Mario Bros world record, Destiny meets Tony Hawk Pro Skater, and more!
And Then DJ Jazzy Jeff Had A Super Mario Bros. Remix BattleMike Fahey7/05/14 6:00pm13030EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink During yesterday's Fourth of July Jam in Philadelphia, DJ Jazzy Jeff (sans Fresh Prince) and Jeremy Ellis got into a Super Mario Bros. remix battle, accompanied by The Roots. This is a thing that happened.
Super Mario Bros. 3, Beaten In Under Three MinutesPatricia Hernandez4/30/14 7:00pm14112EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink If you immediately thought "must use a glitch," you'd be right: this run of Super Mario Bros. 3 posted by TASVideosChannel makes use of a bizarre pipe glitch which allows Mario to tunnel down to princess Peach in world 7-1.
Has Inflation De-Valued The Mario Coin?Kirk Hamilton9/24/12 9:00pm70EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIf you've heard anything at all about the latest Super Mario Bros. game, you know that it has a lot of coins. So many coins. The diligent player can collect a million of the shiny little guys.
Some Stages In The New Mario Look A Lot Like Temple RunJason Schreier7/25/12 10:00am89EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Mario on rails? Some stages in the newest Mario game will borrow the auto-run mechanic found in many mobile games like Temple Run and Jetpack Joyride.
The Dorkly Weekly: The Third Mario Brother? Not So SuperMike Fahey5/21/12 3:45pm37EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Who runs the Mario Bros. plumbing business while Mario and Luigi are off busting ghosts, saving princesses, and teaching typing? Why it's-a-him, Giuseppe.
Princess Peach Does One Amazing Lana Del Rey ImpressionMike Fahey2/24/12 12:00pm1011EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink With retooled lyrics, some sweet costumes, and a heavy application of lip makeup, the magical Jenny Bede transforms Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" into a tale of video gaming's most heartbreaking love triangle.
WTPT: Kick Off The Weekend With Some Laughs at the Mario Bros' ExpenseTina Amini2/17/12 12:30pm431EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Before you clock out today, don't miss the videos we've compiled for you, as well as our Gaming App of the Day.
Doom, Lemmings and Super Mario, Together For the First TimePierre Bienaimé2/01/12 1:30pm28EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Check out this student-made Flash advertisement for… an iPod skin? We'll take it! Mario and Luigi cope with an invasion straight out of Lemmings and Space Invaders before reinforcements from everyone's favorite Mars-bound marine. Things get 3D, and decidedly less innocent.
Mapstalgia Explores the Strange and Wonderful Ways Memory Changes Video Game MapsMike Fahey1/11/12 3:30pm57EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWhat you're looking at is obviously not the official map of The Legend of Zelda; it's what The Legend of Zelda's map looks like to themadjuggler, one of the many contributors to Mapstalgia, a website dedicated to reproducing video game maps from memory.
He Has Only Four Lives To Save the Princess, And Now He's Down to ThreeDrew Cohen5/31/11 6:40pm39EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink YouTube filmmaking duo The Country Club have struck again with another inventive, video game-inspired short film.
Even If Yoshi Is Gay, Where are the Other Gay Video Game Heroes?Joel Johnson4/28/11 5:00pm5892EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkCan an egg-laying dinosaur without sex organs be gay? IGN's Jack DeVries makes the case that Mario's green dinosaur steed with the prehensile tongue is "dating"-in the strange, largely irrelevant backstory that frames the series-Birdo, the pink, bow-wearing dinosaur first seen in Super Mario Bros. 2.
For The First Time, The Mario Bros. Will Miss A New Nintendo's BirthStephen Totilo2/22/11 3:00pm190EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkForget its glasses-free 3D, the Nintendo 3DS is unlike any Nintendo video game before it because it will debut without Mario or Luigi. The previous nine major gaming machines from Nintendo — all of the big ones, from NES to Wii — had these guys.