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THE GAME IS MASTURBATING! Watch Super Mario World Play Itself photo

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Modding a game to make it glitch out and do freaky shit is one thing. Modding a game and turning it into an amazing work of art is quite another. Take, for instance, these clips of various user created worlds in Super Mario World. In each of them, a sort of Rube Goldberg machine is set into motion, allowing the "player" to do absolutely nothing to get from point A to B. Not only is it hypnotic, it cripples the mind.  

Screw saving the best for last. This is the best one. Sure, it starts off nice and easy with some fanciful Bullet Bill dodging, but things quickly get ri-damn-diculous in the second section. In an elevator, Mario is in constant back-and-forth movement in every direction as bullets fly from the four corners. The final second when he hops onto Yoshi? Brilliant! There's even a boss battle at the end.

Here's another one, again with a fast paced second section. The shell catching coin/blocks bit is great.

By now, you get the idea. This one is worth it just for the well timed ending.

Always end on a joke.


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triforcer's Avatar
triforcer at 08/17/2007 22:32
it's like the movie Baby's Day Out, only entertaining and not stupid... god why do i even remember of that movie!
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Tron Knotts at 08/17/2007 22:39
Awesome.

Ebert, watch this and tell me games are not art. Tell me you did not feel fear, amusement, and sense of total victory over the course of this two minute vid.

Tell this and you lie Ebert.

YOU LIE
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 08/17/2007 23:42
This is EPIC
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar
s0lesurviv0r at 08/18/2007 00:54
Nice.
bmaupin's Avatar
bmaupin at 08/18/2007 00:56
This is total win. Some epic level building going on there, although I'm not so sure about the wacky sliding physics happening, but I'll assume it's just icy.
William Haley's Avatar
William Haley at 08/18/2007 01:15
Excellent find. These videos are truly amazing...
kwaselow's Avatar
kwaselow at 08/18/2007 01:24
*applauds*
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 08/18/2007 05:36
Wow... Awesome find!
fearian's Avatar
fearian at 08/18/2007 09:33
nice find!

@bmaupin: nope, SMW was always a slidey game. sometimes annoying untill you get used to it!
Riser Glen's Avatar
Riser Glen at 08/18/2007 10:09
Has this person discovered the definition of hardcore gaming? A game so hardcore, it plays itself?
Joe Burling's Avatar
Joe Burling at 08/18/2007 14:50
wow...just wow
Corncobtacular's Avatar
Corncobtacular at 08/20/2007 23:11
So you're telling me that the player had to do absolutely nothing in that first video? Unfuckingreal.
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 08/20/2007 23:12
oOo I saw this when it first appeared on the Cblogs. Im suprised it took so long for it to get on FP if it was going to get there.
jeep's Avatar
jeep at 08/20/2007 23:16
that was too kool for school
Catalyst's Avatar
Catalyst at 08/20/2007 23:17
@Tron Knotts

Your post is full of loss. Completely set up recording with no concurrent human input of what is happening on screen =/= video game. You just watched a movie.
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar
the GAMEGOBLIN at 08/20/2007 23:22
Man, that was awesome
Zac Bentz's Avatar
Zac Bentz at 08/20/2007 23:22
I'm as happy as a little girl! > >
Brad Rice's Avatar
Brad Rice at 08/20/2007 23:24
@Neonie: I'm the one in charge of clog promotions, so it might slip by me from time to time. I'm working on a more refined system to keep me in the loop with what should be promoted.
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DrScience123 at 08/20/2007 23:24
I saw one of these videos that was in the level with the chainsaws on ropes that come after you, it was pretty intense. These are just awesome, makes me look like a chump at the game.
mrdurden4's Avatar
mrdurden4 at 08/20/2007 23:27
yoshi has the meanest moonwalk i have ever seen.
Danmartigan's Avatar
Danmartigan at 08/20/2007 23:29
Yea dude running backwards for the win.
Artadius's Avatar
Artadius at 08/20/2007 23:30
Wow... speechless.
Namelessted's Avatar
Namelessted at 08/20/2007 23:31
these videos are disgustingly amazing. somebody deserves a blow job for this stuff.
Virtualgirl's Avatar
Virtualgirl at 08/20/2007 23:37
Those were awsome, it must have taken forever to time everything!
DeusPayne's Avatar
DeusPayne at 08/20/2007 23:40
This reminds me of the Mario 3 speed runs, except cooler.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 08/20/2007 23:40
Some people have too much time on their hands, and are simultaneously awesome.
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 08/20/2007 23:44
@ Dick

Oh alright, did not know that.

zealot9802's Avatar
zealot9802 at 08/20/2007 23:45
Damn!
JDevL's Avatar
JDevL at 08/20/2007 23:49
Has this caught on with any other games? Pretty wicked.
Boolean's Avatar
Boolean at 08/20/2007 23:53
I bet the people who made these videos have a really big penis too
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 08/20/2007 23:53
Those are brilliant. I don't mean this to diminish their brilliance at all, but someone clearly had way too much time on their hands. :)
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar
AngelsDontBurn at 08/20/2007 23:53
I came. Alot.
God Len's Avatar
God Len at 08/20/2007 23:54
they should make a level like that in the next mario game.
xen's Avatar
xen at 08/21/2007 00:04
Yea front page!, post totally deserves it.
Pedro Blandino's Avatar
Pedro Blandino at 08/21/2007 00:05
that was awesome!
where is this rom.. i wana do it my self :D
mwhead2's Avatar
mwhead2 at 08/21/2007 00:18
These "automatic" Mario World videos have been popular on Nico Nico Douga for a while now (http://www.nicovideo.jp/search/%E8%87%AA%E5%8B%95%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA). Quite cool, aren't they? Stage titles are usually funny, too -- the stage in the first video is "Luigi's Grave". Also popular to kill a bunch of Yoshis (otherwise known as でっていう "Detteiu" for the sound it makes).
SLiFE's Avatar
SLiFE at 08/21/2007 00:22
Mesmerizing.
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 08/21/2007 00:28
...

yeah.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 08/21/2007 00:29
Yoshi is a moonwalker extraordinaire.

If you were to cross Mario and Jackie Chan, it might look something like this.
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jerrt at 08/21/2007 00:54
those video's and that title made my day. great find. [:
masterledz's Avatar
masterledz at 08/21/2007 01:18
Good work on the find. Hardcore, I'm speechless.
deanhatescoffee's Avatar
deanhatescoffee at 08/21/2007 03:05
These videos make me want to kill myself. I don't know why, exactly, but they do.
A New Challenger's Avatar
A New Challenger at 08/21/2007 03:06
Congratulations on the title, which makes me giggle inside more and more with each passing moment.

Also, thanks for sharing, these are fun.
Batthink's Avatar
Batthink at 08/21/2007 05:19
Clever and well-executed. :D
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 08/21/2007 06:09
too much time, do something productive.
nademagnet's Avatar
nademagnet at 08/21/2007 06:57
I don't think WOW covers this. Maybe WOWOWWEWAH?
twincannon's Avatar
twincannon at 08/21/2007 08:02
Holy shit, the green shell work in that second one is nothing less than artwork.
Salamande's Avatar
Salamande at 08/21/2007 08:48
So, hey, on the first video near the end around 00:45, when he grabs that green shell...doesn't that require the player to hold a button? Or have I lost it?
topgeargorilla's Avatar
topgeargorilla at 08/21/2007 09:19
Increible!!
MisterMingo's Avatar
MisterMingo at 08/21/2007 10:11
@brainderailment: YES! Like playing video games! ...Wait... (Kind of an odd comment for a gaming blog, wouldn't you say?)

Anyway, these are awesome! In one he makes a shell hit a series of "ON/OFF" switches in time with the music. Pretty impressive, I must say.
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