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If you took Super Mario and Twitter, threw them together in a room, in to which they conceived a child, Super Twario would be it. It’s a “social game” of sorts — your tweets are turned into platforms for your character (a rabbit) to jump on. But it gets more involved. When you jump on/hit the platforms, you have the option of reading and replying to tweets. Bolstering your score comes by way of other, Twitter-esque events: tweets, gaining new followers, Follow Friday mentions, as well as being ReTweeted. Rounding out the uber social status of this game is the fact that it is Game Center compatible. So yes, all of your friends (and strangers) are included in the fun.
The concept is definitely unique. It’s cool to see a game built around a living, breathing social stream. Of course, you won’t really ever know how it works if you don’t try it out. Fire up the App Store on your iPhone and set down your $2 to get started. Hop inside to check out a video showing it in action…
Chances are that if you work in a stuffy, cold, stereotypical business, these super sweet Super Mario Brothers filing cabinets will never see your eye’s gaze. But if you happen to trudge through the daily grind in a bit more friendly environment, pat yourself on the back, because you can rock something just like this in your little space.
Paired with countless other SMB themed material, you could create one hell of a work/play space.
Ultra nerds and Android users, this is your Live Wallpaper — a multi-level, user configurable affair that lets you dial down how exactly you want to watch Mario work his magic through three different levels (outside, underground, and castle). Anyone seen a live wallpaper as cool as this side-scrolling Super Mario one? Let us know!
Send your compliments to “pikipirs” from XDA where you can also pick up this wallpaper for free. For the visual learners, a video awaits, so jump in…
I’ve often heard that kids who are bored are kids that get in trouble. Not a kid Nick Hagman decided that yes, he was bored. And yes, he was going to beat Super Mario a 1,001st time. Except this time he’d be a bit more creative and not use the typical Nintendo controller.
This crafty chap took it upon himself to configure a Dance Dance Pad to take over button mashing duties and make a now easy game inexplicably difficult once again. As Nick points on in the movie, it took many tries to get a working “demo video” that didn’t reek of amateur.
It’s a pretty sweet mod no less. Jump inside and eat your heart out folks…
Think the Kindle is washed up, used, and useless in leu of all the other e-readers/tablets that have come on the scene recently? In many ways, those looking for a feature packed e-reader would be somewhat correct. Then again, if you buy a device specifically made to read digital books, how many bells and whistles do you really need?
- December 1, 2009 10:00 am
Perhaps it was a defiant “FU” to IP law. It could have been a simple mistake. Whatever it was, the showcasing of an SNES emulator and ROM running on the N900 belonging to Urho Konttori, Product Manager of Nokia, was begging for trouble from the start. And like clockwork, Nintendo has sent the legal hounds on Nokia to investigate how and why such thing happened. Nintendo voices the same opinion that many game developers and companies voice: that emulators and ROM’s are evil, sinister, things that kill the planet and ruin the ecosystem. They also go and throw in the word “torrent”, attaching the nomral stereotype that all torrents are illegal and bad which is simply not the case. Typical from those who simply don’t understand….but I digress.
While I can understand Nintendo cracking down on Nokia for a not so smart move, blatantly showing off something that is technically illegal all things considered, the bigger issue at hand should be clear: if Nintendo is unwilling or unable to pay/hire additional help to port games to other platforms, 3rd party channels need to be given the right to port without fear of prosecution. While the circumstances, products, and services vary from market to market, the same basic story is played out over and over again — failing to embrace what consumers want by remaining stagnant or trying to hold back innovation will only hurt yourselves in the long run. If they aren’t willing to move foward, get out of the way.
Emulators and ROM’s FTW!
IntoMobile > Independent UK
Ever wonder what Mario would look like naked….and running? Word from Peach is that the great Italian 8-bit man we’ve all come to love is moving on from his video game life to a more lucrative “side business”. From the picture above I’ll let you come to your own conclusions. So long innocent childhood memories of Mario. We’ll miss you…
OhGizmo! > Geekologie > Kotaku
- October 28, 2009 12:35 pm
After some up and down content today, I figured it would be nice to take a break and get in touch with the lighter side of the tech world. While fake Chrome OS scammers and free Google Navigation mobile apps are driving the tech minded few absolutely bonkers, for these next few seconds you and I can hit pause in life and admire these fine creations of modern culinary. I guarantee that if I were anywhere near that box I would totally decimate at least half of those truffles. I’m a chocolate freak! Don’t get in the way of me and a good piece of chocolate. Just sayin’…
GearFuse > HawtyMcBloggy > Flickr
