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Facebook games are growing in popularity, but they haven't won me over yet. Throwing out notifications of everything that has happened to your Wall is nifty in a sense, but no one really likes seeing your in-game accomplishments. You have to know that.

A game designer named Zack Hiwiller had fun with the idea of turning NES classic Super Mario Bros into a Facebook game with some mock screenshots. Insulting tutorials, pop-up prompts and the charging of money to progress? This is a funny idea, but it really makes me think how much better a game would be outside of Facebook and on its own.

We're with source urlesque that you're better off playing some Super Mario Crossover instead.

Facebook Totally Ruins Super Mario Bros. [urlesque]








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Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 16:42
Chris Carter
Welcome to the publisher's ideal version of digital distribution.

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IT'LL HAPPEN! :D
AlexBebop's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 16:45
AlexBebop
Seeing friends' Farmville updates are the worst. It's always like "So-so found a sad cow," or "So-so found a lost donkey." Are there no fucking happy animals in Farmville?
Kimicario's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 16:52
Kimicario
Good thing I don't have a Facebook account, or else I would semi-understand those screenshots.
Luigi takes over's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 16:56
Luigi takes over
Can't wait for the DLC, two new costumes and a new map all for $15.
Badical's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 17:04
Badical
@Dale: Zack was not showing what Super Mario Bros. would be like as a Facebook game, but rather was poking fun at many of the current trends in recent games. That's why he called it "If Mario Was Designed in 2010." His commentary goes beyond mere Facebook games.
klops's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 17:07
klops
Facebook game? More like Mario dumbed down for this generation console kids.
Ericb's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 17:27
Ericb
@klops: It's all the same, really. =P
qlum's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 18:06
qlum
fuck social network sites
ndschroede23's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 18:27
ndschroede23
@klops

I guess the PC fanboy quota here IS pretty low. You can stay, I guess. Just don't touch any of the furniture.
kevinski's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 18:28
kevinski
I've started blocking pretty much any app on my Facebook feed. Most of those notifications are like achievements for retards. Why announce such insignificant things?
Tomsta666's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 19:11
Tomsta666
Fuck Facebook, and fuck all those facebook sheep
mackie junior's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 20:01
mackie junior
@Tomsta666 I'd rather be a "Facebook sheep" (what does that even mean? Am I a sheep for using the Internet? For playing video games? For breathing? Does doing anything popular make you a sheep?) than a pretentious blog commenter who thinks he's raging against the machine by knocking a site most people use to stay more in touch with friends.
Mabui's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 20:18
Mabui
They announce such things to get more people interested/to join/to login to get their extra points. It is a nice place though to look at game design that takes a back seat to attempting to squeeze money and users out of everyone who plays your game.
ndschroede23's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2010 21:03
ndschroede23
Facebook sheep? How plebian. I'm so indie I don't even use the Internet.

Fuck Internet sheep.
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broonor's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/07/2010 10:38
broonor
Spammers ahoy! But as a semi-casual facebook gamer, I got a good chuckle out of it. Yes, I'd love to clutter my friends' walls with info that i have squashed a Goomba! Then again, posts like "I'M GONNA GET TO F**IN WASTED TONIGHT!!!" aren't exactly pleasant in my list either.
Senger's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/07/2010 12:30
Senger
Why make that when you got this which is 100 times better than that! http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416
kaocrat's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2010 22:39
kaocrat
@ Dale North: Um, no. This is not "Super Mario Bros as a Facebook game". This is "If Mario was designed in 2010". It contains all the hallmarks of modern console games: idiotic, unskippable tutorials, "achievements", and downloadable content integrated directly into the game. The fact that there's a Facebook aspect to it is incidental, and there's nothing in this version of Mario 2010 that isn't common in many, many, xbox360 and PS3 games.
Katya's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/14/2011 04:26
Katya
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