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super mario makes for some tasty treats

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These handmade Super Mario Bros. candies from pastry artist Ana Fuji look too good to eat. Each delightful bon-bon features the likeness of a popular character from the Mushroom Kingdom, popping its head out of the top of an orb of chocolate and fondant.

Who do you think looks more yummy, Mario, Luigi or that…

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October 10th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft video games

super mario chess set: peach to goomba 4 – checkmate!

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Mario and all his friends are ready to take on King Bowser and his Queen Koopa in this Super Mario collector’s edition chess set from USAopoly.

The chess set includes 32 hand-painted figurines from the classic Nintendo video game series including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Toad, 1-up mushroom, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Birdo, Goomba, Hammer…

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August 7th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys just plain fun video

super mario’s brothers and clones: 45 takes on mario (and luigi)

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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 style. Here’s Jones’ awesome version:…

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June 21st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun retro video games

but our princess is in another… bed? :custom made super mario bed

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We’ve already featured a sample of crafter punzie’s products before, a set of Pac-Man ghost pillows. Now she’s creating stuff based on Super Mario games, like a Baby Mario baby blanket or  a Shooting Star baby blanket. But punzie also accepts custom orders; one of her larger orders was for a complete set of Super…

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March 18th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun retro video games

mega man energy drink helps you beat down robot masters

To herald the launch of much-anticipated game Mega Man 9, an officially licensed Mega Man sports/energy drink is coming out in Japan.

The drink will be called “Rockman E Can Drink” because it’s coming out in Japan and Mega Man is called Rockman over there. The drink will cost ¥137, or about $1.25 a can.…

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August 19th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

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what mario eats for dinner: the 1-up mushroom burger

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In case you’re looking to geek out your 4th of July BBQ, here’s an idea for you- make mushroom burgers that look like the 1-up mushrooms in Super Mario Bros. After all of the Mario-themed cakes and cupcakes and whatnot, it’s refreshing to see someone branch out into the savory realm.

Instructables user momo! created…

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July 3rd, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

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super mario goomba cufflinks are hot, or not

Goomba Cufflinks

These pixelated cufflinks feature the dreaded goombas of Super Mario Bros. lore.

Etsy crafter pixelparty makes them from shrink plastic (like ShrinkyDinks?) and silver-tone hardware. He hilariously notes that “…if mario doesn’t get his princess (who seems to be castle hopping, maybe she’s the player and mario is getting played) well then he’ll never be…

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June 15th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

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play any nes game for free in firefox with firenes

Super Mario Bros 3 in FireNes

FireNes is a little Firefox widget that allows you to instantaneously play any NES game in your browser. It’s free and it’s incredibly easy to install and use and it’s probably going to ruin my life because I can’t stop playing with it. It requires only a one-time, 5-second download to have a sidebar chock…

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June 14th, 2008 comments (20) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: just plain fun retro video games