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Super Mario Bros

JamesT — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:47:17 +0000

A couple of games-related videos that I’ve stumbled upon today.

First up is Super Mario Bros by Andreas Heikaus. It goes on for a bit too long, but it’s a pretty cool mixture of live-action and CGI:

And secondly, If games had super-easy mode courtesy of College Humor:

Old computer ads

JamesT — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:30:07 +0000

A few ads from ye olde days of computing, beginning with a lie of staggering proportions:

The strange thing about this ad from 1977 is that I used to have a Casio Databank watch when I was about 10 and I’m pretty sure it claimed to have a memory of about 16k. And that was in about 1989.

I know a few people who still feel this way:

See some more here on Sad and Useless.

Super Mario acoustic

JamesT — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:56:02 +0000

Feeling down? Girlfriend left you? Pet hamster died? Fed up with the weight of the endless media coverage of the credit crunch sitting heavily on your shoulders? Then worry no longer, for the answer to all your woes is finally here.

I dare you to watch this and not feel better about life. I. Dare. You.