Monday Mix-Up: Super Mega Zelda Contra-Vania Brothers!
The fine folks at Exploding Rabbit should be given an award. What award? Heck, ANY award. Oscar? Sure. Tony? Why not? Grammy? Give em’ two. Why you ask? Because they mashed-up Super Mario Brothers with some of our favorite classic 8-bit heroes. The Rabbits took the Super Mario Brothers game, and through sheer magic (or programming, we’re not entirely sure yet) allow players to choose from Mario (meh.), Link from the Zelda series, Bill from the Contra series, Simon Belmont from the Castlevania series, Mega Man, or Samus from the Metroid series… and rip through the classic game. And folks? They got it all down pat. Each character runs and jumps like they did in their own game, come with special abilities (Samus turns into a ball, Mega Man can charge shot, Bill can shoot in 8 directions, etc.). They even balanced the game play as well, by ensuring that characters with weaponry don’t dispatch goombas and turtles without a few shots a piece. What you end up with is an amazing experience that will make you forget about 3D rendering engines and new-fangled polgyons.
We’ve already said too much. Just visit mariocrossover.com and enjoy your misspent youth.
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The Crime Scene: “Our Father”
Considering the amount of massive blockbusters that have disappointed the fans this year, it is safe to say that all of your expectations will be met going into this movie. [[[The Dark Knight]]] delivers on so many levels that it becomes hard to critique it, and all that’s left is pure childlike enjoyment for approximately two hours.
, this film takes place shortly where we left off: Batman is patrolling the streets, crime is on the rise, and more and more “masked vigilantes” are stepping up to try and take out the [[[Batman]]]. Wayne Manor is still destroyed, so all of the caped crusader’s hijinks are based out of a new penthouse apartment, which is a nice change. Batman’s gal Rachel Dawes (originally played by Katie Holmes) returns, this time played by Maggie Gyllenhaal. This time, instead of Liam Neeson and Cillian Murphy filling the evil quota as Ra’s Al Ghul and Scarecrow, respectively, we get the late Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart as The Joker and Harvey Dent, which of course means we get to see a little Two-Face!
