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3D-printed Mario Kart turtle shells race to rescue American economy
As soon as you see these little RC Koopa shells, you know that life can't be that bad. In fact, they've already had a hallelujah-inducing impact on the world of the 3D-printing genius who created them. Ten days ago, Michael Curry (aka Skimbal) was among America's 13.9 million unemployed, having been unceremoniously booted out of his ailing architect's firm. All he had was a $700 MakerBot printer to stop his hands from idling, but he made the most of it. MakerBot saw his stuff and were as bowled over as we are, so they just gave the guy a job. We're dusting off our Wii controllers and even those little plastic steering wheels in celebration.
'Koopa Hell' may change our Super Mario Bros. strategy forever
We were pretty sure that, after 25 years of practice, our tried-and-true strategy for the original Super Mario Bros. would be fairly set in stone. Little did we know that CollegeHumor (of all websites!) would be the one to show us the cruelty of one of our most basic in-game maneuvers: the Koopa Bounce Pipe Trap. What happens to that poor creature after you've left him bouncing between two pipes? Thanks to the Mushroom Kingdom's lack of inertial dissipation, he stays that way for all eternity. Watch the video after the break to see how your thoughtless actions might have sent countless Koopas spiraling into a nightmarish realm of Lovecraftian horrors. You monster.
DS Daily: Happy Father's Day!
In honor of Father's Day, we thought we'd ask a themed question: Who's your favorite father and son/daughter team? Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr., or, uh, hmm. Oh, how about Bowser and the Koopa Kids? Pac-Man and Baby Pac-Man? Pitfall Harry and Harry Jr. from Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure? Man, we already had to go to Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure? Maybe you guys can think of more. We can't be retrogaming encyclopedias every day, okay? It would be pretty hard to limit this to the DS, but if you can think of DS characters, you win at commenting.
Today's most modified game video: Super Doom Mario
In a way it's sad to see these little Mario villains get blasted away Doom-style ... but on the other hand, it is also extremely satisfying. TheLastBoss featured this video and offered up their own take, "This honestly looks more fun than a lot of Doom 3, I'd pay for it." While we doubt you'll ever see it officially on the Virtual Console, you know someone is going to hack this onto there and we'll see people playing it with the Wii-mote. Just wait.
The Joystiq Weekend: February 3-4, 2007
Gentlemen, CountBlockula, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic koopa. Bowser will be that koopa. Better than he was before. Better...stronger...faster. Check out the highlights for this weekend:JoystiqueryJoystiq hands-on: Mad Catz Arcade GameStick (Xbox 360)Shhh: Today's hottest game video: Zelda secretsToday's hottest game video: GRAW 2Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: Bleach editionNewsDan Aykroyd busts out Ghostbusters infoGalCiv II: Dark Avatar goes gold, refines tech treeTen concept cars enter, only one races in PGR4Lost Planet lost $40 million to find successWoW: Burning Crusade digital distributionGTA: San Andreas #1 in JapanJack Thompson faces disciplinary actionPath to PSP, PS2 now clear for 'Free Running'Epic wants 40 UT3 maps, ponders platform-exclusive contentKorea Times blue over Brain Age recognition issueGTA Coke (the drink) ad in Super BowlWindows XP games: We're not dead yetDark AleX releases PSP 'custom firmware' 3.10 OE-ADominance War 2 art contest with $10k in prizesRumors & SpeculationZiff Davis games division cost too much?CultureMarketing: N'Gai and his Playboy playmateWho to enhance with a gaming face-lift?[Thanks, Lenny]
DS Phat mod: Koopa Troopa shell
A forumer by the name of Kouri1977 over at the Penny Arcade...forums has shown off a very slick mod he performed on his unusable old DS Phat. Painted to resemble that of a Koopa Troopa's shell, the project is simple, yet highly stylish. The attention to detail is marvelous and the glossy finish combine to bring a bit of new life to the old system.See also: Game and Watch DS mod Old School mod Turn your DS into a tank [Via 4cr]
