Tag: MARIO

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 ...

Share Every bride and groom wants their wedding to be unique and memorable. For gamers and nerds the world over, a soon-to-be married couple just might have set a new bar that will never be risen above. According to Offbeat Bride, Darina and her groom Niko ditched traditional paper wedding invitations, instead opting for a playable video game called "Darina and Niko's Incredible Adventure." ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The Mariposa botnet originated in Spain in 2008, and subsequently spread to corrupt over 12 million PCs in almost 200 countries. Among those were consoles used in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies and more than 40 major banks. Spanish authorities have now arrested the three primary suspects behind the operation, which relied ...

As every skater knows, you acquire quite a number of skateboards in a lifetime. But what exactly becomes of all those old and unusable decks that pile up around your place? Well, one Japanese artist has found a unique (and geeky) way to recycle them into art. According to Kotaku, artist Haroshi just unleashed his newest project called "Harvest," which is a series of artwork that uses broken ...

We're sure you've stopped and thought to yourself before, "You know, 'Super Mario Bros.' is pretty good, but I sure wish it was more frustrating." No? Well, it doesn't matter. Even if you've never asked for someone to create a hybrid of 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Tetris,' you're getting it, anyway. And the results are wonderfully, and childishly, called 'Tuper Tario Tros.' In this Flash game, ...

Here at Switched, we love us some robots. And, admittedly, we love us some fine mixed drinks, too. So, basically, we've gotta find a way to get ourselves to the Roboexotica festival held in Austria, where the only two items on the agenda seem to be cocktails and the robots who serve them (videos after the break). And though we'd run the very serious risk of going all Augustus Gloop on the ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. If you're going to waste an exorbitant amount of time mashing things together in search of Internet fame, syncing the four musical parts from Queen's "Don't Stop Me ...

As the highly anticipated U.S. release of 'New Super Mario Bros. Wii' rapidly approaches, reviews and screen shots are, little by little, revealing details about the game. (One quick, significant question before we go any further: How in the name of Bowser did Australia get the game before we did?!) The latest installment in the saga of your favorite 'shroom-eating plumber series apparently ...

Police are on the lookout for two brothers. Occupation: plumbers, Clothing: overalls, Hobbies: saving princesses and collecting coins. Reports say they answer to these names: Mario and Luigi. No, this isn't breaking news from the Mushroom Kingdom (unless Staten Island just got a new nickname). According to the New York Daily News, Staten Island police are searching for four men (two were ...

No matter who you are, you can't always be the best. Even NBA legend Michael Jordan had a bad game every now and then. Apparently, the same holds true for video game developers, too. In a recent interview with MTV's Multiplayer blog, Miyamoto was asked how he reacts when a game he designs isn't received well by gamers. "I tend to forget those games [laughs]," he said. Miyamoto, the creator of ...

When we finished watching this video (after the break) on Geek Sugar, we were a little surprised by our reactions. Sure, it's easy to make fun of this dude for: one, proposing to his girl in front of the living room TV (while she's playing 'Super Mario World,' no less); two, setting up a video camera to capture it; and, three, posting said video to YouTube. But the look in his eye, her immediate ...

When it comes to selecting a mate, animals typically pick the partner with the brightest, loudest, and most outlandish natural ornaments. The process definitely applies to humans, as well, and one sexy gamer (who goes by the PhotoBucket handle 'nailchick27') has created a decorative symbol of gaming prowess just for Nintendo nerds, Neatorama reports. Although it may impede actual gaming ...

The winner of the ongoing Mario A.I. Competition must create, using a learning algorithm, a controller (or agent) that can complete the most difficult levels of the game 'Infinite Mario' without any human aid. According to Joystiq, a video of one recent entry looks like it may be tough to top. Creator Robin Baumgarten, a PhD student at Imperial College, London, writes on his site that he ...

The Mario series is one of the most storied in video game history. Its lineage stretches from an arcade cabinet with two buttons and a joystick all the way to the wireless world of Wii. With all the sequels and spin-offs along the way, though, it can be tough for a gamer to keep track. Did 'Super Mario World' beget 'Super Mario RPG?' Just how many games featured Yoshi? Thankfully, some ...