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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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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
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@bmaupin: nope, SMW was always a slidey game. sometimes annoying untill you get used to it!
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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.
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Oh alright, did not know that.
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where is this rom.. i wana do it my self :D
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yeah.
08/21/2007 00:29
If you were to cross Mario and Jackie Chan, it might look something like this.
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Also, thanks for sharing, these are fun.
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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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Finally a video worth wasting my time watching!
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This is awesome. Thank you for the clips.
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