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Morgan Day and Emily Wigger entered a dance competition not too long ago. They had a good idea for a routine:
Apparently they placed 4th. Well, I love video games, and I love swing dancing. There is very little to not love in this video.
This guy sure knows how to play Mario on violin. Heck, he even played some of the Mario sound effects while playing the all-familiar theme song:
Was gonna post this the other day, but felt I'd give it a day to soak (and to let me get to see it firsthand). There's a super cute shout-out in the new Assassin's Creed 2 game, and I must share. That said, this is super early in the game, so I won't say this is exactly spoileriffic - take that how you will.
Early in the game, as the young disgraced nobleman Ezio Auditore da Firenze, you flee Florence to take refuge with your uncle. Along the way, you get waylaid and attacked by people who want your head... that's when this big guy and his group arrive to save your butt and throw you a sword...
...what occurs after that is significantly hilarious:
Wahoo! That guy really gets around, doesn't he?
Alright, so the Mega64 guys have been around for a while and are pretty well known in gamer circles as basically the ballsiest gamers in America. They've dressed up as Vaan from FFXII and gone around town saying "I'm Captain Basch!" They've done Ghosts & Goblins where a single monster attack knocks off your clothes. They've dressed as the Resident Evil 4 merchant asking what people were buying/selling, and what he would buy at a high price.
So once upon a time, they dressed up as Mario and Luigi and were off on their merry way around town, when suddenly someone especially spontaneous stopped the show:
So that was two years ago... this year, they've done more of the same, but with a twist ending:
. . . y'know, in case we needed more evidence that Hideo Kojima is awesomely insane . . .
Anyway, if you're curious, Mega64's YouTube channel is here.
As with all psychotic Japanese-originated internet stuff, this originally came out of nicovideo . . . but daaaaamn, it's pretty.
Basically, take Super Mario World, and put it to music from techno-remixed games and anime you all know and love:
Cheers.
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