Tag: SUPERMARIO

We know that you've always wanted your own 'Super Mario Bros.'-style block to smash open for golden coinage. In fact, we know you regularly dream about it. No? Just us? Well, after seeing it in action above, you'll probably change your tune. Sadly, you can't buy it. But, if you're handy enough, you can build your own by following the not-for-beginners Instructable here. ...

Ah, Christmas. A time of year to come together, rejoice, and slink away from the family to drown yourself in gaming mania. Why should the holidays put a damper on our playing? If anything, this is the perfect time of year to hunker down with a mug of cocoa, a festive sweater, and our picks of great yuletide-themed games. 'Santastic Santa' takes 'Super Mario Bros.,' and adds a healthy dose of ...

Scientific advancements are considered mature when they can do one of two things: deliver pornography, or play a rendition of the 'Super Mario Bros.' theme. Since nano-scale breasts probably won't have much appeal to the public, scientists instead decided to use the latest in etching techniques to create a musical instrument that can rock out to one of the most recognizable melodies in the world. ...

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. A sneak peek at 'Angry Birds' for BlackBerry? Oh, that side-splitting RIM humor! [From: TwitPic, via: @joshuatopolsky] A new Wii-ipheral shaped like a ping pong paddle is garnering high reviews from pro virtual table tennis players. [From: Engadget] Spice up your work cubical ...

Though Mario made video game appearances before the launch of 'Super Mario Bros.,' it was the 1985 platforming classic, launched 25 years ago today, that pushed everyone's favorite plumber to the spotlight. The Mario universe spawned countless sequels, an instantly recognizable soundtrack, cartoons and one of the worst video game movies of all time. Happy 25th, Mario! Don't miss the Nintendo recap ...

Gamers (and not just the completely inept ones) have been investigating and developing dynamic difficulty adjustment (DDA) software for several years. The system conceivably recognizes a player's skill level based on gameplay, and then adjusts the game's difficulty settings appropriately. Given the innumerable mods of 'Mario' games, it's only fitting that one 'Mario' clone seems to have inspired ...

'Super Mario' mods and DIY 'Mario' projects serve as an infinite source of entertainment. No matter how incredible those frequent creations may be, though, they haven't, until now, required "could result in pain, serious injury or death" advisories (which automatically let you know that something is awesome). A crew of nerds from Waterloo Labs has devised a hands-free method of maneuvering ...

Conquering a 'Mario' game merely with one's thumbs ceased being impressive decades ago. Bored yet devoted gamers have hence constructed numerous methods of toppling Bowser and his henchmen without having to physically handle a controller, including impressive computer programs and a system which harkens back to the powerless days preceding the Gilded Age. Controller-free NES junkie Nick Hagman ...

Creative geek couples frequently celebrate their nerd-love through incredibly dorky methods. From 8-bit wedding invitations to 'Super Mario' proposals, video game aficionados love to honor their unions of nerdity through festive and colorful tributes. Although we Switched folk are still partial to this incredible and intensive labor of love (which was bestowed upon one of our own), a couple in ...

Sure, the United States has reality-television talent competitions. It's all old hat material though -- some cute little girl with a seriously big voice or some guy who can bend his body at weird angles. Now, India on the other hand. That country knows how to really come up with some inventive stuff for television. A group of contestants on the show 'India's Got Talent' have recreated an entire ...

Nerd-tattoos are usually the laughingstock of the Internet, with barcodes and Star Trek characters becoming the anchors and 'Mom' of the 21st century, so it's only fitting to give credit where it is deserved. WiiNoob scoured high and low to find Super Mario Bros tats that are worthy of the Nintendo legacy, and fortunately, they found a handful that aren't cringe inducing. In fact, some have ...

Classic Nintendo fans missing old-school Mario can now play 'Super Mario Brothers' without a console, or even electricity, thanks to designer Ashley Buerkett's build-it-yourself, Mario-styled board game. If you have the patience and skill to cut out strictly shaped pieces of paper and use them to construct a castle, some hills, dice, and mushroom trees, then this promises to be a pretty neat ...

Ever feel like burning some bridges when you quit a job? Shredding important documents or yelling at your former manager? No? How about jumping on a power mushroom and groping a princess? If that's more up your alley, you're not alone; a developer named Mr. Jarrad decided to quit his job at game developer 2K Australia by creating a game featuring just those sorts of antics, we learned from ...

We haven't figured out if eating these 1UP burgers will actually give us extra lives, but we can guarantee that we will be cooking up plenty of these in the Switched kitchen in the coming days. Potential genius, Karen Chu, has posted instruction on the DIY resource Instructables.com detailing how to create a mushroom burger that looks like the life-giving 1UP mushroom from 'Super Mario Bros.' ...

There is no surer way to catch a geek's attention than to play the 'Super Mario Bros' theme on an instrument other than a 16-bit gaming console Whether it's piano, a flute, a guitar, or, even more impressively, two guitars! We've seen it played on a Theremin, a Tesla coil, and even by driving an RC car past a series of bottles filled with water. So why, then, do we care about the admittedly ...