AdamPFarnsworth | Cheerful Ghost

What a Gorilla's Sexual Maturity Can Tell Us About Mario

Nintendo's star character Mario has been in over 70 games. 70 GAMES!!! Which leads to the question, does the Super Mario series have a discernible timeline? Or are Mario games, like many have been led to believe, a random assortment of games with no attention paid to continuity. While this may ultimately be true, there ARE details in the Super Mario games that allow them to be pieced into a timeline order...and the implications of that are SHOCKING!

The blood line of Mario Bros is fully mapped out finally! Mario, Cranky Kong, Pauline, Jumpman... they all play a part in the detective work here!

Game Theory is one of my favorite YouTube channels. I recommend just about all of their videos, but this one is especially great :)

Rust - Representing Race in Games - Extra Credits

Rust assigns players a skin color on character creation, then ties it to their Steam account so they can never change it. This game design decision creates diversity in the player base and has forced many players to play as characters of an ethnicity different from their own. Since the game does not censor players' language, many of these players are hearing themselves called racial insults for the first time. While uncomfortable, this experience also pushes players who might normally be oblivious to those issues (or even participate in them) to consider things from a different perspective.

I find this super interesting. I don't know if I am actually interested in the game itself, but I really like this design choice.

Summer Movie Blockbuster Trailer!

The RedLetterMedia guys are back at it, this time breaking down action blockbuster movie trailers. It seems Hollywood has figured out a formula to draw us all in. It's all so obvious in this video.

Clever and/or funny tagline

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Earl Sinclair performs Hypnotize by The Notorious B.I.G.

Earl's got some mad swagger.

Lip syncing is so much easier with puppets it turns out!

If A Kid Wants To Dress Up As A Biblical Prostitute...

The Binding of Issac is a game I've been playing a lot lately (when I find time to play anything). It's a great pick-up-play-and-die quickly game. Similar to a casual game for me, because I don't generally get far lol. I've not worked through any endings of it yet, but definitely enjoy the game so far.

This video takes a great look at the endings (there are many) of the game, and has a ton of spoilers. Not something that affects my ability to still enjoy the game, but if you're enjoying playing through it and discovering the new characters and endings, this video isn't for you.

But it is deep, and good :)

Netflix Is Developing a Live-Action ‘Legend of Zelda’ Series

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http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/02/06/legend-of-zelda-netflix-series/

“The Legend of Zelda,” one of the most popular videogame series of all time, is in the works as a television show at Netflix.

The video streaming service is in the early stages of developing a live action series based on “Zelda,” about an ordinary boy named Link who must rescue a princess named Zelda and save a fantasy world called Hyrule, said a person familiar with the matter. As it seeks writers to work on the show, Netflix is describing it as “Game of Thrones” for a family audience, this person said.

My first thought "Oh no... this can't be anything but bad." But, who knows. I will check it out, but my expectations will be low lol

Well excuuuuse me, princess!

vdogmr25 wrote on 02/06/2015 at 11:06pm

With 10 being optimistic, I'm gonna give my excitement for this about a 4. I really, REALLY hope this turns out well, if it happens, but after all the video game movies and such that have completely flopped (looking at you Uwe Boll), I find it hard to be hopeful. I want to be proven wrong, though.

AzureAzule Super Member wrote on 02/06/2015 at 11:46pm

Sounds cool and I get your reference at the end of your post. The thing that doesn't make sense to me is the "describing it as a 'Game of Thrones' for a family audience." That's because Game of Thrones isn't what I'd call something for a "family audience" since it's rated "Mature" or similar due to it's graphic language, violence, and nudity. Still, if the series can be as great as Game of Thrones, then it will be totally awesome, though I think it will be very difficult to achieve such awesomeness.

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 02/07/2015 at 12:05am

I'm hoping by Game of Thrones, they're meaning it's epic and sprawling with multiple story lines weaving throughout it. But that's a really lofty goal.

I too want to be proven wrong!

Timogorgon Member wrote on 02/07/2015 at 02:01am

Whaaaaaaaaat? How... How are they planning on making a live action Zelda movie? I mean I could see an animated or CGI Zelda movie being cool if it was done right because you can get away with a lot more stuff that way. But live action? And saying it's going to be like Game of Thrones sounds terrible. You can practically see some Netflix executive being like "Hey people really like these Zelda games and they really like that Game of Thrones stuff too, so if we just mash them together people will love it!"
What the hell? Like you guys I really would love to be proven wrong here, but I'm setting my expectations pretty low here. Considering how protective Nintendo is of their IP I won't be surprised if Nintendo ends up killing the project.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/07/2015 at 10:17pm

Game of Thrones is more than graphic language, violence, and nudity. It's a medieval-style action/drama, and as Adam said, has an epic and sprawling world.

And yeah, my anticipation for this is quite low. Kudos to them for trying something, though. And since I already pay for Netflix I'll give it a shot. But this doesn't seem like something that would work on paper or in practice.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/10/2015 at 01:04am

I'll play the optimist. Netflix has a solid track record with series shows (House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Bojack Horseman), which is a good reason to believe they aren't simply trying to capitalize on the Zelda name. I think they'll take that same quality into whatever they do next, even if that's a Zelda series. With Powers coming to PS4 and the pending Halo series coming to Xbox One, this might actually be a good move for them. The thing that seems most sketchy is the article from the original post. A lot of speculation, and a caveat that "they could end up canceling" gives a click-bait vibe.

jaelte wrote on 02/15/2015 at 05:01am

I would be interested, but I'm not sure I can trust the source. We'll see if this gains any traction, I guess.

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Actual Penalties?

Hilarious game play "feature" in FIFA. (Jump ahead to 1:22. I couldn't post it from the middle)

Daniel Sloss Stand-Up 06/26/14 on CONAN

Extra Credits - Making Video Game Design Approachable

I stumbled onto Extra Credits today, as it's an offshoot of some other YouTube channels I watch, and I have been very interested. The range of video subjects is impressive, from the need of the Blue Shell (in above video), to Myers Briggs Personalities in character design, to the Animation of Punch-Out! (on the Wii). So many other topics as well. If you're into thinking about games, I recommend you check out the channel.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz/

A Humble Thank You - $50 million for charity

The Humble Bundle community has helped provide funding for more than 50 charitable organizations, including Child's Play Charity, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Red Cross, charity: water and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. These contributions have helped people with disabilities enjoy games, provided emergency medical aid, funded health care, brought books to schools in Africa, brought clean water to developing countries and much more.

"We never imagined after the first Humble Indie Bundle that we might one day reach this milestone," said John Graham, co-founder and COO of Humble Bundle. "It is hard to truly comprehend the magnitude of $50 million for charity. We owe our thanks to the generosity of the Humble Bundle community -- to the content creators who entrust us with their works of art and to the consumers -- for making this possible."

This warms my heart to see! I love playing games, and I love giving to charities, and I love how Humble Bundle combines the two! (Plus supporting developers

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Dancing With The Super Stars

This is the first Dancing With The Stars dance that has actually been entertaining :)

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