Video Games
Debuting on 1UP: The Many Versions, Ports, and Re-Releases of Super Mario Bros.
It pleases me to finally be able to reveal to you my latest work, which is also my debut writing for 1UP: "The Many Versions, Ports, and Re-Releases of Super Mario Bros." What's funny is that while the 1UP staff did a splendid job in bringing everything together with...
VGDC to Make ‘Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom 5’ as Tribute to the Late Randy Solem
The past few days have been like something of an information exchange between myself and Tony Ponce over at Destructoid. Recently, in searching for something else, I came across an article he'd written late last year as a tribute/retrospective to Randy Solem's Video...
Fun with Golden’s Super Mario Bros. The Movie Coloring Book
This ain’t no game. This ain’t no movie. This is something else.
Review Round-Up
Just because I'm not always writing here doesn't mean I'm not writing! Here is a look at some reviews I've written elsewhere. On Slide To Play: Ghostbusters: Paranormal Blast - An AR-styled game for the iPhone/iPad in which you bust ghosts in the environment around...
Blast from the Past: Cool Art from The Legend of Zelda Folder
It’s The Legend of Zelda art, and it’s really rad.
Check Out the Cosplay of OtaRockman
25 Years of Mega Man - Otakon 2012 by ~LBDNytetrayn on deviantART Image courtesy of JackScarab. Okay, so I've been away for a couple of weeks. Last week, I was in Baltimore for Otakon, and you can see me and my costume at right in the picture above. That's just the...
Charles Martinet Wants More Super Mario Sunshine
In the above video posted to YouTube by user CooperMcHatton (via GoNintendo), we see Charles Martinet say at an autograph signing at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con that he would love to see another Super Mario Sunshine game. And I have to say that I'm of mixed feelings...
Urban Champion: The Movie
Hmm, update time... what to do? I don't want to do another review just yet; I'm doing some of those on Mario's Hat (look for them this week) and Slide to Play already, and I don't feel like more. Ah, I know! I've been holding on to this one for some time; it was meant...
The Forgotten Super Mario World Commercial and What It Means to Me Now
It's a funny thing: When it comes to commercials for Super Mario World, in such instances that such a topic would come up, it seems the ones people remember are always either this one or that one. And while I do remember both well, the one which has always remained...
Look Back: The Top 6 Most American Video Game Characters Revisited
Here's a little blast from the past I thought I'd dig up for this wonderful Fourth of July holiday. "The Top 6 Most American Video Game Characters" is a silly little piece I wrote for fun back when I was working at Kombo. The interesting part of this list is that none...
Looking Back: When Mario Became a Badass
I had planned to make this post sooner; it was meant to be the first post on the newly-relaunched PMO, but thanks to E3 and the time needed to get Mario's Hat up and running, it fell by the wayside. This one's a bit of a personal story, but one I wanted to share just...
Introducing Mario’s Hat
I would just like to take the opportunity to let everyone know that I have started up a new website called Mario's Hat. Mario's Hat is focused on video game news from across Canada, and despite the title, is not strictly about Mario or Nintendo. If you want to know...
Have a Mario Christmas with Pepsi
Now here's an interesting piece GoNintendo linked to earlier today (sadly, the auction for it has ended, but I didn't have the $108 anyway). It's a store display sign from 1989, and if you're familiar with vintage video game commercials, you might remember the ad...
Same Quest, Different Goals
IGN posted the above image on their Facebook page, and I couldn't help but think that no, my goal was to find out what Princess Toadstool really looked like. I mean, she couldn't actually look like the simple question mark that the instruction manual implied, right?...
The Nintendo Download – 6/21/12
Curious about the latest downloadable titles for Nintendo platforms this week? Then head over to the Toronto Video Game Examiner to see what's available and how how much it will cost you. The big highlight this week is Double Dragon II for the Wii Virtual Console....
Spider-man? No, It’s Spider-Stan!
So, Spider-man has a new movie coming out, and... Zzz... Okay, so admittedly, Spider-man has been on the outs with me ever since that whole "sold my marriage to the devil" thing Marvel did to nearly ruin him. And honestly? A reboot isn't really what I want in a new...
1UP’s Retronauts Explores the Legend of Castlevania’s Lost Belmont
Recently, I expressed my delight at the original Belmont, Simon, seemingly preparing to get his due in the upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate for the Nintendo 3DS. But all of the talk of gender in games-- that is to say, the treatment of females in...
Is Bowser Kidnapping Peach Really What We Want?
The similarity between the four New Super Mario Bros. titles is "intentional," says Producer Takashi Tezuka in an interview with GameSpot. "That similarity in the visual style and the control style is all intentional. The things we feel like we've already promised the...
The Legend of Iron Massimo
Iron Massimo - Finished Product by ~LBDNytetrayn on deviantART Who is Iron Massimo? Learn all about him here and here. ...and perhaps "legend" is a bit too strong a word.
Too Much Wii, Not Enough U?
This is only going to get worse before it gets better. Last week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, he revealed that one of his guests would be Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime, who would show off the upcoming Wii U! But what is the Wii U? Well, according...
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