This Valentine’s Day, millions will cuddle up with their cats and a box of Dove bars and sink into a juicy romance novel. Wouldn’t it be far more interesting if romance novels contained the complexity, suspense and intrigue of our favorite TV shows and movies? Below, our noblest attempts at visual fan fiction. If these pop culture novels were real, they'd go straight to our Kindles so no one could see us reading them in public.
Well, color us impressed. Usually when we want to play Mario Kart, we spend thirty minutes looking for the Wii steering wheel, then just give up and re-watch the second season of 'Game of Thrones.' So, good for these guys! They've got enough initiative to make up for the rest of us
Because it's fun to help adorable talking bees and rabbits only some of the time, here is a video of the 'Super Mario Zombie Bros.'
Anybody who was in high school marching band can go ahead and hang their head in shame now. The Ohio State University marching band just made all those mornings you woke up early to practice 'Taking It to the Streets' totally obsolete.
Anyone nostalgic for the glory days of gaming will be sad to hear that 'Nintendo Power' will be magazine-shuttering its magazine-windows soon, with a senior editor promising on Twitter to try to "make the last issues memorable." We'll miss this magazine, which sadly cannot compete with some random dude showing you exactly how to get through a level on YouTube. We've found some old (and some not-so-old) covers to commemorate its passing. (What? Don't act like you never played the 'Tiny Toons' game -- it was awesome.)
Juggling is a difficult thing to do well, especially in groups. Working out a Mario themed juggling routine is that much harder. That's never stopped the Boston juggling troupe A Different Spin, though.
Considering that video games have only been around for the past forty years, their progress since then has been pretty remarkable. This awesome three-minute video, which is entitled "A Brief History of Video Games," shows us just how far they've come.
If you grew up in the 1980s, chances are you know how the first level of Super Mario Bros. is played. That first level is etched into the heads of every video gamer, whether you played it on the original NES or not. Now imagine how that first level would have played out had it been martial arts legend Chuck Norris in the game, instead of the Italian plumber we all know and love.
While the 'Super Mario Bros.' theme as performed by Bulgarian accordionists blew us away, this rendition by a talented cockatiel named Togepi may be the best yet.
At first, the idea of Bulgarian accordionists playing the 'Super Mario Bros.' theme might seem a little nutty. But, darn it, something about this just sounds so right.