Good friends, a little beer, some smokes, and a whole lot of Mario Kart DS, as seen on Frantisek Fuka's Flickr page.

Takashi Okamura starred in one of the greatest Japanese ads Nintendo Co., Ltd. has ever created.

A British youth overcame what is called "lazy eye syndrome" thanks to a doctor's prescription of Mario Kart DS, restoring his right eye from "near blindness" to a 250 percent improvement.

TODAY'S VERY IMPORTANT NEWS. If you read one post today, no if you read one post this month, read this about singer Christina Aguilera's gaming interests. She tells MTV:

Id Software's John Carmack spends his free time playing Nintendo games with his son. They're currently making their way through Super Paper Mario. And when not playing that, they have a go at Mario Kart DS. So does that mean Carmack is keen on, say, Wii development? According to Carmack: