Bweedly beep de beep beep! Super Mario played on a theremin
Nowhereelse found a video of a young man playing Super Mario Brothers with, of all things, a theremin. By moving his hands over the rods Mario jumps, moves, and twists. Think of it as Natal but for...
View ArticleVideo: Live action Super Mario Bros. on India’s Got Talent
I don’t know if this is more talent or imagination, but it’s fun to watch either way.
View ArticleBookies think Modern Warfare 2 will be the best seller this year
Anyone who has any doubts over what will be the best-selling video game this holiday season needs to check himself. It will absolutely be Modern Warfare 2. And while I can say that without anything...
View ArticleSad: Captain Lou Albano, who played Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super...
I am so sorry, you guys. I was AFK yesterday, and no one else on Team CG thought it was important to bring you this sad news: Captain Lou Albano, who you may remember as Mario from The Super Mario...
View ArticleFirst review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii gives the game a 9.2 (and guess...
Super Mario Bros. Wii doesn't come out here in North America for another five days, but, for whatever reason, it comes out in Australia in two days! That explains why you can find the world's first...
View ArticleDaily Crunch: Showdown Edition
It’s very easy to win a Tekken art book from us! $150 Spy pen is probably good enough for “Mission: Impossible” And our costume contest winner is...
View ArticleWhat’s the bigger seller: New Super Mario Bros. Wii or Modern Warfare 2?
So by now you probably already have Modern Warfare 2, have beaten the single-player mode (cheap shot!), and have been killed within three seconds of re-spawning in multi-player mode more times than...
View ArticleBraving the weather to see New Super Mario Bros. Wii at the Nintendo World Store
New Super Mario Bros. Wii hits stores today, and it will probably be on of the biggest games of the year. (Little Tommy and Little Susie shouldn't be playing Modern Warfare 2!) To celebrate the launch...
View ArticleCrunchDeals: Buy a white DSi, get a free game or headset
Remember the good old days when video game machines ALWAYS came with a free game? Sometimes even two! Nintendo had Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt, Sega had Hang On! and Astro Warrior. Well that gravy...
View ArticleRallying around the idea of a North American Nintendo Wii on-demand video...
It must be pretty darn easy being an analyst at one of those fancy Wall Street firms. Take this story, that Nintendo may well launch an on-demand video service for the Wii here in North America next...
View ArticleA collection of reasonably priced Xbox 360 games
This is the worst time to be a gamer. Yeah, it's great that so many good games have come out recently (take your pick from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed II, Left 4 Dead...
View ArticleNokia busted for showing off an SNES emulator on the N900
If you were a hardware manufacturer and your new phone was a ROMist's delight you'd be all like "Our phone plays Doom and totally plays Super Mario Bros. 3." Right? You'd be bragging from here to...
View ArticleVideo: Emulated New Super Mario Bros. in 1080p makes us want Wii HD even more
This here is a video of New Super Mario Bros. Wii in 1080p, thanks to the wonders of emulation. (I had completely forgotten about the Dolphin emulator!) If there were ever a reason for Nintendo get...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy XIII gets 39/40 rating from Famitsu magazine
The Famitsu [JP], Japan's (and probably the world's) most important video game magazine, awarded New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii with a perfect 40/40 rating just last month. It was only the 13th...
View ArticleZero Punctuation doesn’t really like New Super Mario Bros. Wii or Left 4 Dead 2
Just in case you find yourself on crunchgear.com and not escapistmagazine.com, here’s Zero Punctuation’s review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Left 4 Dead 2. He’s fairly critical of both, as is his...
View ArticleLegend of Zelda cartoons now on Hulu
Whelp! There goes everyone’s Friday. You can now catch 13 episodes of The Legend of Zelda on Hulu (if you’re in the US). You’ll recall that the show ran every Friday on The Super Mario Bros. Super...
View ArticleSome Sunday deals for your perusal
Didn’t get what you wanted over the holidays? Still have a little money left in the bank? Here’s a handful of enticing deals for some lazy Sunday shopping.
View ArticleLooks like someone can check ‘Own Super Mario Bros. Sweater’ off his bucket list
See the young man in the above photo? He’s older than you think. His wife made him that sweater. I don’t know his wife but I can tell you right now that any future argument the two of them have can be...
View ArticleDaily Crunch: Space Jump Edition
Two-minute diversion: jump Mario right out of the cartridge Comforting: Some unknown object to buzz Earth tomorrow morning Looks like someone can check ‘Own Super Mario Bros. Sweater’ off his bucket list
View ArticleNew Super Mario Bros. Wii is the fastest single-console game to reach 10...
Can we agree that Modern Warfare 2 was an average shooter, just one that happened to be backed by a gigantic marketing budget? It wasn't bad, certainly, but the story was bat-shit crazy—Red Dawn was...
View ArticleVideo game inspired skateboard decks
Artist Logan Zawacki (what a fun name!) put together some pretty impressive game-themed skateboard decks for the I’M BOARD skateboard art show held earlier this week in Florida. Zawacki created four...
View ArticleShock: Sony invites devs to make games for the PS3
Flash: Sony executive is bullish about the PS3! The Wii—you've heard of it, yes? Years ago, it was hard to find because it was massively popular. You could find one on eBay, but for like $8 million....
View ArticleRibbon Hero for Microsoft Office
Tired of Guitar Hero, and DJ Hero, and Rock Band Hero, and Flailing Wildly Hero games for your console? Ready to try a fresh new challenge, that might actually provide some real world skills, unlike...
View ArticleUbisoft tries to spin DRM server crash, says the games are just too popular...
Oh, Ubisoft. You so quickly went from the guys that brought us Splinter Cell (young people: Splinter Cell used to be cool in the early to mid 2000s) to the guys that have created the stupidest DRM...
View ArticleEven as tiny blocks, you’ll recognize Super Mario Bros. in this Arduino project
Funny thing, isn’t it? That you can watch some little blocks moving on an 8×8 LED matrix and recognize the first level of Super Mario Bros. buried in the squares? Developed by a Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleDaily Crunch: Pixeled Edition
Video: Pixel-bots to the rescue! Even as tiny blocks, you’ll recognize Super Mario Bros. in this Arduino project Aw, iPhone app fridge magnets Move over Humping USB Dogs. Here comes the Dodobongo USB...
View ArticlePAX East 2010: The oddest Street Fighter battle you’e ever seen
You'll find no one here who's not down for a round or two (or 10) of Street Fighter. No one! In fact, I'm half-convinced that that's Greg under that helmet.
View ArticleVideo: Japanese company shows Super Mario Bros. on Kindle emulator
We've shown you an N64 emulator running on a hacked iPad just a few days ago, and now it's time to see how Super Mario Bros. would look like on a Kindle. And the short answer is that the 1985 NES game...
View ArticleZune HD hacked, entire hardware open to homebrew programmers
Potentially huge news for Zune HD owners—that means Devin and I. It has been hacked~! Yes, the good folks over at ZuneBoards have hacked the Zune HD to pieces, giving homebrew developers full access to...
View ArticleDaily Crunch: Decent Edition
Video: Japanese company shows Super Mario Bros. on Kindle emulator CrunchGear celebrates National Scoop the Poop week with a Dog-e-Minder giveaway! EasyBloom Plus allows nerds to garden like a pro...
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