Mario Marriage Proposal
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Brad Smith used a program called Lunar Magic to set up his own Super Mario Brothers level, in which he spelled out a message to his girlfriend, Lisa. Then, he got her to play it. Beagle bonus at the end!
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Wii Anatomy

Artist Angela Moramarco has a very odd belief about the innards of video game controllers.
I bet you didn’t know that the average Wii controller has all kinds of guts like this. Guts. I’ve seen a lot of guts projects lately. That one with the lego guy turning around and around, those KAWS Dissected Companions from a few years ago. It’s no longer a joke! But that’s ok, that’s not what this is about anyway. It’s about how physical therapists are using the Wii to help their patients gain muscle strength by playing games! Yay Nintendo!
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Stop Playing Homework and Do Your Video Games!
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A quintet of kids from Seattle’s Marrowstone in the City program perform video game themes, with some embellishments from their friends in the background. Don’t miss the Pong segment! -via Buzzfeed
Make A Radish Into A Mario Mushroom
If you love Mario, you may be interested in learning how to make your own Super Mario Mushroom from a radish. Perfect for bento boxes or party treats, although, if you’re like me, it’s nothing you’d ever want to eat.
Video Games In Legos
This is a really creative stop motion video using Legos to play out our arcade favorites. Only 8 bit could look this good in block form.
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14 Weirdest Video Games in History
The following is reprinted from Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader If you think about it, Pac-Man is a strange game concerning a tiny, pie-shaped creature who ate power pills so that he could catch ghosts. That's an odd premise, but nothing compared to these ... behold, the 14 weirdest video games in history: SOCKS THE CAT ROCKS THE HILL (1992)
Socks, the pet cat of President Bill Clinton, must get to the Oval Office to warn the president about a stolen nuclear bomb. To do that, he must defeat villains including Russian spies, the press corps, and former presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush. CHAOS IN THE WINDY CITY (1994)
Basketball superstar Michael Jordan battles an army of basketball-headed zombies that has invaded Chicago. To defeat them, he uses an arsenal of magic basketballs (including fiery-hot basketballs and ice-block basketballs). TOOBIN' (1988)
At the beginning of the game, the player floats down a backwoods river in an inner-tube race. Things suddenly take a turn for the worse as the player is chased by dinosaurs, ancient Inca warriors, and angry hillbillies. BILL LAIMBEER'S COMBAT BASKETBALL (1991)
Basketball is supposed to be a non-contact sport. Not the way Laimbeer played it. As a Detroit Piston in the 1980s, he was well-known for frequent flagrant fouls and starting fights on the court. His notoriety led to this futuristic basketball game in which players punch, kick, push, and throw bombs at each other.
In the early 1990s, 7-Up created a mascot - an anthropomorphic dot (with arms, legs, and sunglasses) based on the red dot in the 7-Up logo. The Spot was licensed for this game, which was essentially one long 7-Up ad in which the character wanders around a beach firing soda bubbles at enemies. MICHAEL JACKSON'S MOONWALKER (1990) A drug dealer named Mr. Big has kidnapped some children and takes them to the Moon, where he plans to use a laser cannon to destroy the Earth. As Michael Jackson, you have to defeat Mr. Big and his cronies by using dance moves that shoot "magic rays." THE TYPING OF THE DEAD (2000)
This semi-educational game is supposed to teach kids to type and spell. In order to fend off hungry zombies, you have to accurately type words. Get them right, the zombies leave you alone. Misspell, and the zombies will eat your b-r-a-i-n. EXODUS (1991) After solving some difficult logic puzzle, you have to answer questions about the Bible. Get those right, and you get to control Moses. The goal is to spread the word of God by shooting large Ws (for "word of God") at ancient Israelites. THE FANTASTIC ADVENTURES OF DIZZY (1991)
DRUM MASTER (2006) In the game Guitar Hero, you get a plastic guitar and play along with well-known rock songs. Drum Master is made for the handheld Nintendo DS - you get to drum along with popular songs with two toothpick-sized sticks. JOHN DEERE'S HARVEST IN THE HEARTLAND (2007)
Using various John Deere tractors and farm implements, you have to plant crops, fertilize crops, harvest crops, and milk cows. (And it's one giant ad for John Deere.) FACE TRAINING (2007) Using a small camera that attaches to the TV, you have to copy the facial expressions the game tells you to make. PRINCESS TOMATO IN THE SALAD KINGDOM (1991)
On a mission from the dying King Broccoli, the noble knight Sir Cucumber has to rescue Princess Tomato from her captor, Minister Pumpkin. Sir Cucumber is assisted by Percy, a baby persimmon. TOILET KIDS (1992) A little kid gets up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and is sucked through the toilet into another dimension populated by creatures who look like bathroom fixtures. The Toilet Kid must then battle with tough toilet bodyguards and an evil giant urinal. |
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Periodic Table of Video Game Characters

Inspired by a the Periodic Table of Cartoon Characters by Andrew Speers of Old Man Musing, the folks at I Heart Chaos made one of their own. This time, with video game characters:
As far as my criteria for what went where, I tried to give room first to characters who are primarily and originally video game characters, but not always. Batman for example, is first a comic book character, but there were some pretty kickass Batman games, the one for NES in particular. Same with Homer Simpson– he’s primarily a cartoon character, but he’s appeared in more video games than most of the other characters on the table. For Hf, after not even finding a Pokemon or Star Wars character that had an H or an f in their name, I had to resort to Heifer from Rocko’s Modern Life, since there was a Rocko game for the SNES. Stupid Hf.
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Working GameBoy Costume
This kid’s costume at the Ohayocon is fantastic. It actually works too!
Video Game Boosts Learning
Remember when video games were bad for you? Mom and Dad would complain about how they tied up the television, kept you from playing outdoors, ruined your eyesight and wasted your time. That’s a thing of the past. Re-tooled videogames are now helping children and teens boost basic skills in reading, writing and math.
At West Nottinghamshire College in the U.K., computer science teachers were struggling to get teenage students into literacy and numeracy classes. The college needed to take drastic measures to assist “disaffected students”.
The resolution came in the form of Neverwinter Nights, Atari’s popular computer game. Teachers rebuilt the game to deliver educational challenges players must tackle in order to progress.
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Super Mario Cross-Stitch
Cross-Stitch Ninja made this map of the first world of Super Mario Bros. 3 by zooming way in on a screenshot of the game, and making one pixel=one stitch.
You can make your own video game cross-stitch patterns by following the instructions at Spritestitch.
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Big Little Big Planet
If you’ve ever wanted to make your own adorable character from Little Big Planet, here’s your chance to knit your own. If you’re really good, you can even customize them like you do in the game.
Super Mario Mushroom Burgers - Delicious!
Yummy burgers made out of mushrooms that look like Mario mushrooms! 1 Up to nom town. For instructions to make your own, don’t miss this Instructables post. If you like that, don’t miss their Mario holiday guide here.
Katamari Damacy bento box

I’ve long admired Anna’s incredibly complex geeky bento boxes. She’s now blogging, and describing in detail how she achieves such incredible results. Here’s the direct link to the Katamari Damacy bento, but I highly recommend a stroll through her blog and Flickr galleries.











COOL
SPOT (1993)
A
walking egg named Dizzy must save his family from an evil wizard by solving
puzzles. One of the puzzles: Dizzy must pick certain plants and mix them
in a bottle to make medicine for his sick grandpa egg.















