Some companies design their mascots from the get-go to look like a man in a suit. When I was a kid, the Putt-Putt mascot “Buster Ball” was a particularly solid example of this, with arms too short to hold a putter. As Happy Gilmore might suggest, he was too good for his home.
This would’ve been better if it hadn’t been seven minutes of slow, slow panning across one single photograph. Seriously, one picture of a guy on train tracks and one version of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." [via Victor]
Years ago, Spin Magazine commissioned Pen & Pixel, the originators of this art form, to work their collage magic on Nine Inch Nails and Jewel. Unfortunately, Google-Fu has failed me.
I think every Mario spin-off game should be forced into the bargain bin on day one no matter how fun. Basing them around Mario is just pure laziness on the part of Nintendo and it seems unnecessary.
Does anyone really think Mario is such a multifaceted and absorbing character that he deserves to be explored fully over the course of 50 titles about racing buggies? Be honest here! Wouldn’t you have more fun if they actually created some new characters whose lives are somehow linked with buggy racing or tennis instead of following Mario around through his every activity like a documentary crew? I don’t eat a bowl of Frosted Flakes and then want to see Tony the Tiger playing with a dildo on a webcam or watch a movie about him solving crimes on the mean streets of New York.
That really, really sums it up. I guess it goes without saying that I still want a Wii, eventually, but it’s not like they have trouble coming up with new characters every once in a while — they’d probably come up with more if they didn’t have the warp pipe to go back to so much.
