Mario Archive

• 15September 20, 2011

  How to Pronounce “Mario”

  I’m glad we could clear that up. ...

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• 0August 3, 2011

  Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumb Feature Presentation

  Welcome to another tantalizing edition of the THUMBS that judge the games of the future! We are, as you may know, in the midst of...

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• 8June 27, 2011

  What the Crap?: On Yoshi

  Ah yes, our little green friend Yoshi. Let me take you back to the turbulent time known as 1991. America...

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• 0June 15, 2011

  Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumb Feature Presentation

  Welcome to the super-special HYPER-HYPE E3 aftermath extravaganza edition of the THUMBS! With sooo much news, a lot of...

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• 11June 13, 2011

  Super Mario Land (GB)

  When a launch title comes out for a console, one has to argue that the game could deserve a perfect...

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• 7February 23, 2011

  New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) [NSFW]

  In this review, we introduce “Meteo’s Dichotomy,” a newly formalized principle of heuristical hypothesis for the asymmetrical academic appraisal of...

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• 3December 6, 2010

  Contra (NES)

  Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, (Select), Start. It didn’t start here, but this is what made...

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• 2November 19, 2010

  Impaired Closed Captioning: Super Mario Bros. 2

  In early 2010, Google introduced a Transcribe Audio feature to YouTube that translated all speech in a video into useful...

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• 3July 17, 2010

  Flash Flood: Epic Mario

  Epic. It’s a word that’s tossed around more than cabers in Scotland. EPIC WIN. EPIC FLAIL. “Dude, your snow cone...

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• 3July 11, 2010

  Mario and Peach

  I mentioned this on the GameCola Podcast recently, but what’s up with Super Mario Galaxy 2 and its insistence that Mario...

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