Do you know how Tetris, Arkanoid, Pong, Super Mario and Sonic were created?
Amusement Magazine has the answer, it seems, with some stunning high resolution imagery of the fixtures and fittings required for each game.

I regularly post about weird tattoos over at frankylicio.us but this awesome and totally original set of tattoos of Mario and Luigi certainly will make the heart of every geek out there beat faster.I imagine these ink pieces must have been very hurtful but the result is awesome. If it weren’t for the state of [...]

How would Super Mario look if he had Asterix’, Hercule Poirot’s or George Michael’s mustache? Or even with the mustache of Burt Reynolds or Clark Gable?

Super Mario fans, rejoice! You can now have your very own 1UP mushroom right on your desk. No need to play the game anymore hoping and wishing that the powers that be in Marioland will send a 1UP mushroom right down your way. With this officially licensed Nintendo collectible, you can grow [...]

The awesomest about this Lego Super Mario, by Keith Brogan, is not only that Mario is made out of Legos and huge (75cm high), but also the whole procedure to get there. A 3D wireframe of Mario?
W00t!

Smash Bros is probably the only famous Nintendo video-game franchise I’ve never had the pleasure of owning. I’ve played it a couple of times before, the action is “crazy” and it takes little more than random button mashing to achieve good, or decent, results. In that aspect Smash Bros is no different from most other [...]

No, this isn’t the new Super Mario Bros game for the DS. But a group of crazy programmers decided remake the original game engine and give you the ability to change the 3D perspective of it.

The maps aren’t the same as the original, but the gameplay is all there. So if you’re a fan of [...]