Shy Guy And Goomba Are Run-SMB

So I took a big chance at the Mushroom Kingdom dance

With a Mario who was ready to play

Wasn't me he was foolin,

'Cause he knew what he was doin'

When he told me how to walk this way

(RUN SMB by Baardei at RedBubble, via Shirtoid)

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Walker This Way

The Style of Music

Two Girls, One-Up

8-Bit Little Shop Of Horrors

"Cause if you feed me, Seymour, I can grow up big and strong." (8-bit little shop of horrors by Dann Matthews, via Gamefreaks)

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Where No Pixel Has Gone Before

Street Fighter Kiss

8-Bit Terrarium

What's In Your Gamer Closet?

I'd wear the Halo suit over Donkey Kong's. Mario wouldn't stand a chance. (Gamer's Closet from 604republic, who look like they may have raided Glen Brogan's closet.)

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The Ultimate Video Game Party

The Many Faces Of A Space Invader

Choose Your (Video Game) Weapon

What Mario Saw...

Seriously, how did he not go completely insane? (Mario World by Alexey Mikhaylov, via Comics Alliance)

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The Ugly Truth About Warp Tunnels

The Nasty, Brutish And Short Life Of Mario

Super Mario Bros: Mario's Mass Grave

God Save The Princess

God save the princess

We mean it man

And there is no future

In Mushroom Kingdom dreaming

No future, no future,

No future for you

No future, no future,

No future for Mario

(God Save The Princess by this is kuwahara)

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Why So Annus Horribilis?

Ille Qui Nos Omnes Servabit

Sid & Nancy Reagan

The Ugly Truth About Warp Tunnels

You know those alligators people claim they see in the sewers? Bowser. (The Ugly Truth About Warp Tunnels by Chris Tezber via Vinyl Pulse - I'm catching up on my pop art)

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Two Girls, One-Up

Super Mario's Closet

KISS Meets The Toad Of Mushroom Kingdom

Mario Gets An Offer He Can't Refuse

Bowser sends Mario a message. I try not to post too many Mario pictures but just when I think I'm out... Evan Yarbrough pulls me back in. (Link via Spoke Art)

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The Frogfather

The Lolfather

Mario's Mass Grave

Fear and Loathing In The Mushroom Kingdom

We can’t stop here! This is Koopa Country! Super Mario as Raoul Duke? Awesome! (Koopa Country by graphic artist Joe Angelillo at TeeFury)

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Fear And Loathing On Sesame Street

Super Mario Porn

Princess Peach In... Kill Bowser

8-Bit Terrarium

"I actually see a lot of similarities between video games and terrariums; they are both closed systems that seek to nurture and sustain an entire world within a small viewing space. And I get equal enjoyment out of interacting and watching both," says Jude Buffum of Game Over IV, a show on the influence of video games on pop culture.

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Angry Big Bird

The Ultimate Video Game Party

Darth Vader Blackhawks Vs. Master Chief Blues

PETA Denounces Mario's Tanooki Suit

"Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment." Yeesh, Mario, how insensitive! (Fashion Faux Pas by Aled Lewis)

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Super Mario Porn

CSI: 8-Bit

The Tragedy Of Blinky, Pinky, Inky And Clyde

Dear Valentine, If I Were Ever In a Human Centipede...

Human Centipede Valentine, via Buzzfeed

Video Game Valentines by PaperRockScisorz, via Geek-Art

Doctor Who Valentine’s Day cards by Rachelle Abellar, via Awesomesauce

Zelda Valentine's Day cards by Epic Ponyz, via TDWGeek

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The Look Of Love

Will You Be My Constant?

Super Mario Porn

Did somebody call for an 8-bit plumber? Bow chicka wow wow! (From Aled Lewis)

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Poor Mario, Always The Pauper, Never The Prince
Princess Peach In... Kill Bowser
The Nasty, Brutish And Short Life Of Mario

Have A Very Mario Christmas!

Best wishes to you all! Mario Christmas by demiurgic. (Link via Rampaged Reality)

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Werner Herzog Reads 'Twas The Night Before Christmas

Must Be Santas, Must Be Santas

Rudolph The Red-Nosed AT-AT

Nerdelicious: Ten Geeky Gingerbread Creations

'Tis the season to break out your inner craft geek. Here a few seasonal concoctions to inspire your own creations. Me, I just eat Turtles. Above, Zero Lives blogger Das Chupa brings us an Angry Birds themed Gingerbread house. I would play that.

A Gingerbread AT-AT. As the card says, that's awesome. As far as I can tell it was made by (or at least photographed by) Chez 282. I first saw it on pacalin's site.

A Gingerbreadhenge, for all you pagans out there, by The Dude (no, not that one.) Found on Clonehenge, which has "the most complete list of Stonehenge replicas on the internet, nay, marry, in the wide world!" I love the internet.

A gingerbread collection on Popped Culture wouldn't be complete without some sort of Super Mario reference. (Super Mario Gingerbread by Mike Bade, via Nerd Bastards)

The Star Trek GingerBorg Enterprise is a gingerbread replica of the Enterprise D. Green splotches indicate that Borgs have taken over and are destroying things with lasers. (By audreyh4 at instructables)

Das Chupa (see Angry Birds above) started his creations with a gingerbread Pac-Man arcade game.

Anna-Maria Oléhn's TARDIS gingerbread house can fit a surprising amount of Christmas treats inside.

And what's a Dr. Who TARDIS without Daleks? They are vegan too, so you know they're truly evil. By Johnson Cameraface.

The gingerboard (gingerbread motherboard) was created in Sweden by Benny, Monica, Anna-Maria and Erik. (Via mediatinker and You Bent My Wookie, who has a great gallery of gingerbread creations)

“I ate his body with some jelly beans and a nice glass of milk thtthththththththth”. I know this gingerbread Hannibal Lecter is only a t-shirt, but somebody ought to make it. (Cannibal by Glennz, via Shirtoid)

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Gingerbread Man Dissected

You Have a Gingerbread Man In Your Ear

O Christmas Tweet, O Christmas Tweet...

Koopa The Hutt

"There will be no bargain. I will not to give up my favorite decoration. I like Luigi where he is."

So Luke Skywalker is Mario and this Super Mario Bros./Star Wars mashup by Glen O'Neill is a fan's dream. (On TeeFury for just a few more hours.)

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Koopa, It's What's For Dinner

Penguin the Hutt

Donkey Kong's Last Supper

Poor Mario, Always The Pauper, Never The Prince

The little plumber goes through hell, dies time and time again, and for what? Princess Peach isn't in the castle and, perhaps, she only has eyes for Bowser. From a Japanese artist whose name I thin is snnantn. (Link via Geek-Art)

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Princess Peach In... Kill Bowser

The Virgin Princess Peach

Two Girls, One-Up

Koopa, It's What's For Dinner

I could go for some Bowser ribs and some burgers made from ground Koopa. I imagine it's what Mario eats after he finishes his digital killing spree.

Jude Buffum explores the world of video game meat for the upcoming show Pixel Pushers, including Koopa, Ganon, Chocobo, Pukupuku, Gesso and Yoshi (below).

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Inglourious Plummers

Super Mario Anatomy

Super Mario Bros: Mario's Mass Grave

Mario Bros. American Gothic

Mushroom Kingdom is the place to be.

Video game livin' is the life for me.

Pipes spreadin' out so far and wide.

Keep Super Mario World, just give me that countryside.

Seems Mario finally found the castle Princess Peach was in. Neither seems to happy about it. Take that, Grant Wood. (Mario Bros. American Gothic via Shirtoid)

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Princess Peach In... Kill Bowser

The Creation of Mario

The Virgin Princess Peach

Super Mario Kart: The Shining

"Hello Mario. Come and play with us. Come and play with us, Mario. Forever... and ever... and ever..." (Kasey Tararuj's The Shy Hallway, for the Autumn Society's Video Game Gore show.)

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All Work And No Reese's Pieces Makes E.T. A Dull Boy
Heeere's Cookie Monster!
Heeere's Johnny!

Super Mario Anatomy

I want a doctor to take your picture, so I can look at you from inside as well. From Jason Freeny, because you were wondering about Mario's internal organs, weren't you?

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Mr. Potato Head Anatomy
Hello Anatomy Kitty
Anatomy Of A Gummi Bear