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Mario Papercraft? More Like Paper Mario

Here we were, getting a little over the practice of folding pieces of paper into figures resembling video game characters, when Ignatius’ Mario piece blows our socks into the 22nd century. Depicting Mario’s trademark pose from Wii fighting game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it looks like something that the average person just wouldn’t have the…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 22, 2010

For $2600, This Mario Had Better be Super

Currently for sale on eBay: this Mario pendant, lined with gold and covered with diamonds. Perfect for any Nintendo fanboy currently in the rap or drug dealing business. Bids are open if you’d like or, if you’d prefer not to let somebody else secure such a tasteful and reserved piece of jewellery, you can exercise…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2010

Kotaku Census 2010: The Games You Love

The machines you play on are one thing, but what really captures a gamer’s heart is the games they play. So let’s see which are your favourites. Now, unlike our previous polls, this one has the potential to be a little more wide-ranging. A little more open. There are only a handful of gaming machines…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2010

The Many (Faceless) Faces Of Video Games

Last year, Briton Ashley Browning gave the world a great set of minimalist video game character faces. Now, Justin Russo gives us minimalist video game…chests. Showing that game characters are as recognisable for their costume design and colour scheme as they are for their faces, Russo’s works are apparently the result of a dream the…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2010

Possible Screen Name List

Personally, I like “Broly the Unholy”. As seen on Skull Swap. Thanks, JoeyJavs!

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 18, 2010

Dead Mario And Crucified Jesus

To depict the true meaning of game over, artist Kordian Lewandowski called on Mario, Princess Peach and, well, Jesus. Carved by a 24-year-old Michelangelo, La Pietá shows Mary cradling Jesus in her lap after he has been crucified. The statue was vandalized in the early 1970s when an Australian geologist took a hammer to the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 17, 2010

Mario’s Inferno Sticks It To EA’s Marketing Team

Few trailers in recent memory have polarised gamers as much as EA’s Dante’s Inferno clip for the Super Bowl. Would you have liked it more if, say, Dante was not Dante, but Mario? I like it more. Well, except for the Bill Withers. Even in this parody version, it still doesn’t sit right. If you…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2010

Raise a Toast to Toast Mario

Mario, represented by several dozen slices of toasted bread and some plain hamburger buns. Seen via Epic Win FTW. You know what’s coming next: Bacon Luigi.

By Owen Good Published March 15, 2010

An Extra Life In The Dying Light

Photographer Jon Beard discovered an extra life in the dying light of an unprotected light bulb filament. Ghostly and gorgeous, as seen (appropriately enough) on Flickr, via Digg

By Mike Fahey Published March 15, 2010

When Mario Meets Ikea

Should you ever wish to graduate from baking cakes or wearing t-shirts of Nintendo’s mascot of mascots, you could always do what this guy and his girlfriend did: fill a room with custom Mario furniture. It’s the work of Dennis and his lady friend Judith, who as a mechanical engineering student probably did most of…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010

Mario and Luigi, Still in Business

The south side of 386 Claremont Road, Manchester England, as imaged by Google Maps. Seen via Reddit. Note that Mario’s sign is red, Luigi’s green.

By Owen Good Published March 8, 2010

There’ll Be No Mario Or Zelda For Facebook

On a day Microsoft made its first tentative steps onto Facebook, Nintendo has shot down the idea of any of its characters making a similar jump in a grab for the casual market. “I think we will continue to save Mario for our own platforms”, Nintendo of America’s Cammie Dunaway, executive vice president of sales…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2010

Mario, Built From The Corpses Of Broken Skateboards

What can one build from the shattered frames of well used skateboards? If you’re the artist Haroshi, you can build some lovely looking Mario sculptures and skateboarding themed mosaics, not to mention some strong desire to own these works. Japanese artist Haroshi has transformed the snapped, cracked and worn out skate deck into something more…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 18, 2010

The Economy’s Been Hard on Mario, Too

So bad that, apparently, Mario is pawning money for money. As seen in Eastern Maryland by reader Aaron S.

By Owen Good Published February 14, 2010

Mario & Sonic’s Relationship Isn’t Quite What It Used To Be

It’s entirely fair to say that, while once well-matched adversaries, the last fifteen years haven’t quite worked out for Sonic the way they have for Mario. Meetings of the two may not be quite this awful in real life, but in my mind, this is exactly how such a reunion would go down. Click to…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010

Clothes Make The Man, Woman, Frog, Raccoon, Penguin, Etc.

The voting has ended, Glenn Brogan was triumphant, and “Mario’s Closet” is now available in convenient t-shirt form from Split Reason.com. Behold its glory. – Thanks Hostile!

By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2010

Nintendo Game Sales: Mario, Pokemon, Zelda Selling Millions (Millions!)

It wasn’t just hardware and money Nintendo was dealing with today; software sales were also announced as part of the company’s latest financial report. All figures listed are lifetime sales. If you’re wondering why a particular game isn’t listed, it’s because these are the only ones Nintendo disclosed as part of the report. Nintendo DS…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2010

Master Mario Mashup

Mario/Master Chief tattoo, now on an unknown fan for life. As seen at Hawty McBloggy.

By Owen Good Published January 27, 2010

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Has Already Outsold Mario Galaxy

I’m not sure if this is sad or impressive – probably a bit of both – but New Super Mario Bros. Wii has, in a little over two months, already managed to outsell Nintendo’s last Mario game, Super Mario Galaxy. NPD figures reveal that while Galaxy has sold 4.1 million copies in North America since…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2010

Project Runway Consultant: Mario is Dressed “Appropriately”

With Project Runway: The Video Game asking gamers to make virtual appraisals of real fashion, MTV Multiplayer flipped the premise, asking the show’s Tim Gunn to make a real appraisal of virtual clothing. In this case, Mario’s. Give Gunn this, he played ball. Asked to give a critique, he gave one, no silly puns or…

By Owen Good Published January 16, 2010