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Video Games Are a Harsh Mistress to Players with OCD
Presented with a vast array of collectibles and achievements, most gamers have no problem skipping the items and accolades and moving on. Gamers with obsessive-compulsive disorder, on the other hand… I’ll just let commenter Daemon_Gildas explain in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. God, I fucking hate being a gamer with OCD. I just finished Super…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2012 -
Even Banana Peels Can’t Stop This Real-Life Mario Kart
Now you, too, can drive around your very own Mario Kart-themed Mario Kart. Assuming you’re 27-year-old Nathanial Stehley, who won himself a life-sized kart racer as part of a GameStop rewards program Nintendo sent out these pictures last night of Stehley receiving the grandiose prize, complete with a comically sized key and a comically sized…
By Jason Schreier Published February 29, 2012 -
The Not-So-Good Ship Fireflower Might Be the Most Triumphant LEGO Video Game Creation Ever
After months sequestered in his secret underground lair, LEGO artist Baron von Brunk emerges with a massive Super Mario Bros. 3 airship that rivals any other block-meets-pixels creation I’ve seen. Behold its glory. Okay, so he probably doesn’t have an underground lair (though you never know, he is based in Queens, New York). What Baron…
By Mike Fahey Published February 29, 2012 -
Turns Out There’s Already at Least One Great Mario Party Drinking Game
In today’s preview of Mario Party 9, I cracked that the game could easily inspire some great drinking games. As it turns out, the guys at “Drinking Games for Gamers” are way ahead of me, putting together a game called “Mario Party Down” with rules based on past Mario Party games. They get extreme bonus…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 -
The Boss Battles of Mario Party 9
In the trailer above, you can get a bit of a sense of Mario Party 9‘s road-trip design, as well as a taste of a couple of the new boss battles. It’s all a random, chaotic good time, though less “go team!” than this trailer would suggest. My full impressions of the game can be…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 -
Mario Party 9 Sure Could Inspire Some Great Drinking Games
“Are we there yet?” So you’re on a road trip with three friends, and things have gotten combative. You were thinking it’d just be you and your pal Waluigi, two buds taking some time on the road to catch up, but no; he had to invite along that annoying little punk Toad and his half-sister…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 -
Brazilians Shake Their Asses to Mario
Brazil’s Carnival parades are some of the biggest, and certainly the danciest shindigs on Earth. Especially when they draft the Mushroom Kingdom in to help out. Reader Marcelo sends us these clips taken over the weekend in the Rio suburb of Santa Teresa, as a Mario-themed posse shakes their way down the streets. I’ve seen…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Real Life Bowser Jr. Trolls South Korea
The foreign policy of the Koopa Kingdom toward its neighbor has always been unpredictable in timing and method. Although the Koopa Kingdom and the Mushroom Kingdom have engaged and cooperated with each other in friendly international competitions, critics have pointed out that relations between the two nations remained tense. While the Mushroom Kingdom and the…
By Chi Lee Published February 22, 2012 -
Video Games Are Easier Than Ever, Yet Harder To Manage
If you’ve played games for more than a decade, you’ve undoubtedly witnessed the ongoing evolution of the medium. Some see technology as the primary driver, and there’s no question games look and sound better than ever. The rising tide of tech has lifted all boats, making it possible for even a small team of developers…
Michael Abbott Published February 21, 2012 -
The Quality of Life in Virtual Worlds
They say that in life, nothing is certain but death and taxes. The cost of living in the real world seems to get harder each year as prices go up and the rich get richer. We, the little people, just have to deal with it. Virtual worlds don’t have troubles like ours, though. Sure, they…
Patrick Davidson Published February 20, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Japanese Newspaper: Nintendo Cursed by Mario
Nintendo is expected to show a consolidated loss for 2011. Thanks to the doom and gloom climate, its stock recently dipped below the ¥10,000 (US$127) per share mark for the first time in over 7 years. The cause of this overall loss can be attributed in part to the poor sales performance of the 3DS.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published February 16, 2012 -
Typographic Prints Make Art From Gamers Favorite Quips
Via NerdWire, we have today a set of typographic prints and t-shirts representing some of gaming’s most famous icons, old and new. These aren’t quite the “standard” typographic style where the words themselves form the entirety of the art, but I enjoyed how the minimalistic icons and colors worked together with the words to evoke…
By Kate Cox Published February 15, 2012 -
Forget Ryan Gosling in Drive. Check out Mario in Kart
Man, that is one badassed jacket. That jacket is so badassed that even though this image is goofy and funny and ridiculous, I’m still impressed with Mario’s total sexiness. Wait until Princess Peach gets in an elevator with him. Oh man, it’s gonna be awesome. Anything happens in that five minutes and I’m yours. [Dan…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 14, 2012 -
Mario Propaganda Keeps Bowser’s Home Fires Burning
Fernando Reza, who floored us last year with his set of Mushroom Kingdom propaganda posters, is back in 2012 with another set, again showing the conflict from the bad guys’ point of view. If you’re interested in picking any of these up, they’re actually available from Fernando’s store, linked below. WW2 PROPAGANDA PRINTS [FRO DESIGN…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Amazing Place Where Mario & 80’s Pro Wrestling Came Together
That amazing place being the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, which in these episodes below went all-out and brought in both Sgt. Slaughter and Rowdy Roddy Piper as guest stars. Aside from their wrestling fame, you may know the Sergeant as a GI Joe character. You should also hopefully know Piper as one of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 -
Link, Ryu, Samus and More Return to Super Mario Bros. Crossover 2.0 Today
The highly anticipated—and it says a lot that term is being used with a flash game—Super Mario Bros. Crossover 2.0 is available to play now from Jay Pavlina and Exploding Rabbit. You can reacquaint yourself with its new features in that video or just head right over and see for yourself. The cast from the…
By Owen Good Published February 12, 2012 -
Super Mario Bros. Can Enhance Your Morning Commute
While New York’s subway is only slightly less scary than the pipes under the Mushroom Kingdom, both underground tunnels are much improved by the addition of Super Mario Bros. composer Koji Kondo’s infectious beats. In this video, shot on Manhattan’s uptown R-train, guitarist Gypsy Joe Trane entertains bored commuters by serenading them with songs from…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2012
