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15 January, 2008 | 2 comments

Super Mario Brothers: the king should eat first

i couldn’t even dare start a homage to the greatest video games in the world without starting off with the first screen of the first game i ever owned. . .

in all of our lives, we’ve grown up entirely different than all of history. we’re the “plugged in” generation, growing and devouring anything electronic. it blows our minds that our parents cannot even check their email. what’s most intriguing, to me, is that for so many years we were continually in a war: video games vs. adults. wow. but you know what? we were right. after all this time, we were the ones who knew we weren’t wasting our time. we were learning lessons you couldn’t teach otherwise.

and so it goes, enter: SUPER MARIO BROTHERS. from that moment on, life was never the same. to this day, you can still play the super mario brothers music for anyone who remembers and simply watch the room relax. why are we the generation known as the pill poppers? i don’t think we need any anti-anxiety medication, just a good pair of headphones and a nintendo soundtrack. more recognizable than even christmas music? yep.

here’s a game built around the concept of a plumber who saves a princess (the programmers may have been doing drugs at the time). all the while facing baddies and dangerous jumps (truthfully, i’ve not traversed anywhere in the real world with a jump like you’d find in world 8-1…but maybe someday), swimming, fire-breathing turtles, etc. oh, and the hammer brothers. what a name. yes, my friends, we learned that, in the end, taking the shortcut (warps) was a great way to impress friends, but you always left feeling empty. to the game that reminds us to sometimes take the long road, …

Super Mario Brothers

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2 comments to “Super Mario Brothers: the king should eat first”

DERRICK, June 29th, 2010 at 9:49 pm:

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