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Japan’s Club Nintendo is famous for offering weird, wacky and wonderful collectibles for its members. It turns out that a couple of years ago, one of the special items made available to members was this set of Super Mario Bros. hankies. The set was created to commemorate the 25th anniversary…

I always wondered if any of the fungi in the Mushroom Kingdom were hallucinogenic – especially the ones that turned Mario into a flying raccoon or made him bigger. Well now we have our answer. In Josh Mirman’s illustration, Psychedelic Plumber, we get a look at Mario the way that he mig…

Holding your pants up just got a whole lot geekier. Sure, you could always buy yourself a Super Mario Bros. belt buckle, but wouldn’t you rather have an entire level of your choice on a leather belt? Well, now you can, as long as you are willing to cough up a lot of gold coins. Leather artist…

…on’t be the last time you’ll come across artistically arranged food either, because the next one comes in the form of this uber-cute Super Mario Bento Box. You can find the trademark Super Mario question mark box up above Mario’s face with his signature mustache which is formed fro…

If you are going to make a Super Mario Bros. lamp, it definitely needs to have some pipes in it. And this lamp uses pipes very effectively, being made from black iron pipes with a candelabra lightbulb sticking out of one of them. To turn on the lamp, just pull the chain on the left and it’s l…

As much as I loved playing through the pipes and snacking on mushrooms in Super Mario Bros., there’s nothing quite as satisfying as making that perfect jump onto the flag at the end of a level. Now you can live out that part of the game in real life, thanks to this life-size flag made to look…

I think we finally have a worthy idea for the next Ghostbusters film, based on this work of fine geek art. Imagine Mario and Luigi Ghostbusting and saving Peach from Boo in the haunted castle. This awesome painting is the work of artist joehavasy who makes all kinds of cool geek art. Being a fan of…

What would you do if you introduced your daughter to Donkey Kong and she was disappointed that she couldn’t be the female and save Mario? Would you just say, oh well, that’s the way it is? Well, Mike Mika wanted his daughter to have the game her way. So he hacked the game. His daughter…

…17;ve already got a Wii U or expect one under the tree this year, then here’s a fun way to adorn your controller. I spotted these cool New Super Mario Bros. U skins over on Japanese game import site NCSX, and they look great. They really add life and color to the otherwise bland white or black…

…1; like the guys who set up Canstruction at the SouthCentre Mall in Calgary, Canada. Obviously guys working on this exhibit really love a good game of Mario. Is it wrong that I want to see a Koopa shell knock this awesome sculpture down? Or see Toad’s Kart barrel into it? I hope someone topple…

Are you a plumber, mechanic or handyman who is thinking about tying the knot with another plumber, mechanic or handywoman? Perhaps a Princess? Here is the perfect wedding ring for you. It’s-a me, Mario. Will a you marry me, Peach? The jaws of this wrench are gripping a .06ct medium-blue natur…

You have to be prepared for disasters – whether it is a hurricane, a tornado, a zombie apocalypse, whatever. The end result could be that you could be without power. Forget food and water and blankets. You need to be ready to be able to play some classic Nintendo while you wait to be rescued….

Kivadeno, an Etsy user, has created some awesome Super Mario Bros. Custom Vans. I know what you’re all thinking… you probably think that your nondescript white van with no windows serves you well enough in driving around for your window cleaning business, and that a Super Mario Bros. va…

The Design Inspiration cobbled together 45 artworks depicting the ever-popular Mario and his brother Luigi. All of them are pretty fun to look at: Some of them took the pair back to their earlier looks, others channeled cartoons, while some, like Anthony Jones, decided to go with a more mature styl…

The Mario AI Competition “is about learning, or otherwise developing, the best controller (agent) for a version of Super Mario Bros.” Programmers have to come up with AI that can solve a “heavily modified version” of the game Infinite Mario Bros. by Markus Persson. That̵…

Super Mario Bros. fans, if you thought you played every level from every single world of every single episode of the Super Mario series ever, have I’ve got a treat for you. Super Mario Bros. X is far and away the best fan-made tribute to the classic Nintendo games ever, combining bits and pie…