Researchers at Waterloo Labs have managed to recreate Super Mario Kart, complete with power-ups. To power the vehicles, the team used self-powered RFID system, which cost an extra $500 over traditional tags, but could transmit signals "as far as 30 feet away, allowing each kart to interact with objects via its own RFID reader." Continue reading for a video and more information.
Nintendo's Mario is said by many to be the most famous character in video game history, and games featuring him have sold more than 210 million units, making Mario the best-selling video game franchise of all time. Here are five gadgets that every fanatic needs. Click here to view the first image in today's viral picture gallery. Continue reading for an Abercrombie & Fitch video that will restore your faith in humanity.
If Nintendo were to re-release the Super Nintendo for nostalgic purposes, this is how it'd probably work: original console shape and games stored on USB sticks, paired with wireless controllers. Click here to view the first image in today's viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a video showing how to make the perfect ice cream sandwich.
Sure, these wooden sculptures aren't functional, but they're most certainly conversation pieces. They range from the Xbox / NES (above) to life-sized humans and Despicable Me Minions. However, making one of these things functional shouldn't be too hard either. Continue reading to see more.
Designed by artist Jon Kay, this awesome Power Glove oven mitt "is designed to withstand the kind of temperatures you might expect to encounter in any kitchen (or during a white-knuckle game of Rad Racer)." Click here to view the first image in this week's art of trolling gallery. Continue reading for a video of the world's best jump rope girl.
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There are three things that every hardcore Nintendo fan should have (or so we think): an NES controller-inspired mouse, NES console bed, and a giant NES controller coffee table that actually works. Click here to view the first image in this week's cool things and funny fixes gallery. Continue reading for a video of an incredible LEGO Spirograph machine.
DeviantART user Elemental7 has remastered the 1994 16-bit classic Super Metroid into a modern work of art. The original game was directed and written by Yoshio Sakamoto, and produced by Makoto Kano with Gunpei Yokoi serving as general manager. The game's story follows Samus Aran as she attempts to retrieve a stolen Metroid from the Space Pirates. Continue reading for a video and more information.
If smarphones existed in the Pokemon universe, they'd probably look like a Pokedex and rather than Pokemon as entries, there would be your contacts. Click here to view the first image in today's viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a video showing the quintessential definition of "getting huge air".
Pokemon is a media franchise published and owned by Japanese video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokemon has since become the second-most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world. Continue reading to see how some Pokemon characters would look in the real world.
Not just a simple Game Genie cheat, this geeky dad decided to hack the Donkey Kong ROM to allow his 3-year-old daughter to play as Pauline. That's right, Pauline is now tasked with saving Mario at the end of each stage, rather than the other way around. Continue reading for a video and more information.
