Mario Kart in the real world

Insane Mario Kart in the real world. (He drives into a supermarket at one point). Via.

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Super Mario versus Guile

Super Mario versus Guile via these sites.

*Previously: Sesame Street Fighter.

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Super Mario Galaxy painting

Super Mario Galaxy painting by Nicole Gustaffson, who has prints and ornaments on sale at Etsy.

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Surreal dreams by Jose Emroca Flores

Snow White and various dream-like scenes by Jose Emroca Flores, who has art on sale here, including this painting of Mario and Donkey Kong:



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Clever redesign of Donkey Kong

Shane Parker imagines a more King Kong-like version of Donkey Kong.

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Steamboat Mario

Steamboat Willie/Super Mario mashup by belldandies. Via.

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Mario Bros. Plumbing t-shirt

Two Brothers Plumbing t-shirt up for vote at Threadless. Click on the voting widget if you want Threadless to publish it:

Sugar Skull/Mario Mushroom (and more)

A few illustrations by Adrian Garcia Treviño. Via.

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Link roundup

1. Cigar Guy has been found and was wearing a costume in the Tiger Woods photograph (a costume that made no sense at all). Via these sites.

2. Super Mario's ready to meet Charon.

3. "A US State Department clerk has been indicted for using her government computer to gather personal information on more than a hundred celebrities and their families." Relatedly, "Pennsylvania Director of Homeland Security James F. Powers resigned in response to the public outcry over the news that his agency had not only been monitoring the activities of law-abiding citizens who oppose natural gas drilling in the state, but passing the information it gathered on to the companies involved in the drilling."

4. "BASKETBALL'S world governing body is considering sexing up the women's game by introducing more revealing uniforms to cash in on the players' athletic bodies."

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Add a Super Mario warp pipe portal to your ceiling

Add a papercraft Super Mario warp pipe portal to your ceiling.

*Previously: Install a miniature parallel world on your ceiling.

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Marios Bros. homages

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats by Adam Koford.



Drugs in Bowser's Kingdom by Ben Jelter.

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Custom Super Mario World game used to propose

Adam created a specialized playable version of Super Mario World that culminated in a marriage proposal to Desiree, who explains:

Saturday September 11th…he tells me he’s been playing around with programming video games. I think this is an awesome idea; he has been so busy at work that I have been trying to motivate him to do something that makes him happy. So he tells me, play my game, I put a spin on Super Mario World.

So, I start to play the game; It is now called ‘Super Dez Word’ I get through 5 levels no problem, and even found the secret level. All the levels had names that I recognized from things we have talked about, favorite movies, etc. Well, the last level is where I started having problems. Like every video gamer, I got frustrated and didn’t want to play, but he was so persistent to get me to finish this level. So together we finished it ( he doing most of the work…) then it goes to the little cut scene and says “what is next for the hero”…so I go to the next level and a black text box pops up with white lettering that said “Will you marry me”…

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Fat Super Mario

Fat Super Mario can't fit through a warp pipe in this t-shirt design by Alex Solis for Threadless. Click on the voting widget if you'd like the chance to buy it:

Bowser and Mario as samurai

Bowser and Mario as samurai by Vincent Bocognani for Threadless. Click on the voting widget if you'd like the chance to buy it:



Via.

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Portland bike lane given Mario Kart power up

Someone painted Mario Kart power ups on a Portland bike lane. Via these sites.

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Princess Peach as The Bride from Kill Bill

Princess Peach as The Bride from Kill Bill by Eduardo San Gil. The design is currently up for vote at Threadless (which is still having a $10 t-shirt sale):



Via.

*At Toycutter: Custom Kill Bill toys.

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Earning some coins

Mario/raccoon shirt by Alvaro Arteaga Sabaini for Threadless. Presumably available for vote shortly by clicking on the voting widget:



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Buffalo Bill and the Outcasts of Yellow Dust City (link roundup)

Gallery of 1,636 German Pulp magazine covers. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Dark Horse's Jim Gibbons enjoys some pancakes with Hellboy.

2. Super Mario slugs a piranha plant. Via.

3. Jubilee and Deadpool paper toys.

*Previously: Silly pancake sculptures.

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Weather in a can (link roundup)

Packaging for Florida Sunshine and Fresh London Fog via these fine sites.

And a few more links:

1. Bioware announced that you'll have NPC companions in The Old Republic - - it increasingly sounds more like KOTOR 3 than a traditional MMO.

2. Super Mario Warp Pipe cocktail. Via.

3. Wall-E paper toy.

*Previously: Tower in the fog.

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Super Mario Bros. in the real world (link roundup)

Street sign hacked to say, "Sorry Mario, your princess is in another castle." Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. The "Ant Tribe" - - Chinese college graduates living in the outskirts of Beijing who can't find a job.

2. A zombie satellite adrift in orbit could interfere with cable tv coverage in the US just about the time of the Lost series finale.

3. "There’s a reason elite schools speak of training leaders, not thinkers—holders of power, not its critics." Via these sites.

*Previously: If Super Mario Bros. was made today.

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