Super Mario Bros. - Virtual Console

Turns out the fearless front man of the Black Eyed Peas is as handy in game design as he is at spinning wicked beats. <br /> <br /> Will.i.am has been influenced by the 8-bit sounds of games since Atari 2600, Intellivision or Colecovision, which he had to go to a friends house to play (his family was too poor). Mr. i.am reminisces about growing up and watching the gaming industry change. <br /> <br /> I remember when Super Nintendo came and then the graphics changed and that was a big leap because you saw Mario from different angles. That was cool, he told CNN. I did a beat. I have a track where I sampled that game. I have my hip-hop Mario underground music. Thats when he goes underground (in the game).

Viperine (pictured) lost her arm at a young age after she was bitten by a poisonous snake. <br /> <br /> Today, she is part of a vigilante group that liberates those forced into slavery and inhumane experimentation&quot;. <br /> <br /> And she is vying for recognition as a Fantastic Femme - a strong female role model character&quot; designed for a video game as part of a competition run by the Queensland University of Technology. <br /> <br /> Penny Sweetser, who lectures on games and interactive entertainment, said the aim was to challenge the norm of featuring sexy, voluptuous female figures in video games.

Tyler Lee of GGC says: &quot;Video game music is something that many gamers appreciate. We love to listen to the unique recordings and we see them for the creative and artistic pieces that they are. However, most of the time, many would agree that video game themes and music pieces are a bit under appreciated. Well the London Philharmonic Orchestra is about to change all of that.&quot;

DIYGamer: &quot;This looks all sorts of fun. Super Mario Bros. invaded by gameplay elements from both Portal and Portal 2. Were talking about the mustached plummer with a portal gun here. Sound good enough on paper? <br /> <br /> Wait until you see it in practice.&quot;

The Space Shuttle is on its final mission, and with it the dreams of a generation prepare to go to ground. Economies worldwide hang in the balance as unemployment in the US and UK skyrocket. The world holds out for a hero: sure, soon, and larger than life. And true to form, the Internet hears this desperate cry and puts forward a champion in the form of YouTube's own NotEntirelySure, whose Old School Gaming Feats include scoring 600 points in Super Mario Bros for the NES. No, wait, that's actually really impressive...

GB writes, You remember speed runs right? Going through a video game from start to finish as quickly as possible without dying? Well the current speed run record for Super Mario Bros. stands at a mightly impressive 5 minutes dead and set by Andrew Gardikis in 2007; but speed runs are so old news! The in thing right now? Low Score runs, and nobody does low scoring runs of Super Mario Bros. better than Youtuber NotEntirelySure!

If you're done playing New Super Mario Bros. Wiireleased18 months ago so you may well beyou could always try the fan-made Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Collecting designer shoes is a hobby reserved for people with money and fashion; two things I'm relatively low on these days. Regardless, there's bound to be some video game fashionistas with a few extra bucks kicking around, so perhaps there is a market for these special edition Super Mario Chuck Taylor Hi shoes from Converse after all...

Okay, so this video isn't actually that bleak. In fact it's pretty damn funny. It is though, a rather heavy ironic indictment of the prevalence of online shooters and me-too game design in the modern era. That's what I'm interpreting it as anyway. Animator freddiew might just have made it for shits and giggles.  But you know, I'm highbrow like that 'n' stuff.

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Oh, so you think you're so clever with your backward-ass “demakes.” What would Left 4 Dead look like on an NES? (Alien Syndrome). What would Halo look like on a SNES? (Mega Man X). Big deal. How hard is it really to take something with a zillion pixels and strip it down a bit? You want to see a real demake? How about a critically pared-back version of Super Mario Bros?