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It should be no secret by now, with some of the icons and wallpapers I have shared that I am a big fan of Nintendo and the Mario franchise. With that said, I have found two more great widescreen wallpapers for you to use to decorate your own PC desktop with.
So a black mage, Mario, Kirby and Mega Man walk into a bar (and stop me if you have heard this one) and happen to make some really cool wallpaper in world 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. OK, maybe I need to work on the punch line but while we are talking about great wallpaper, I wanted to share this with you.
Who doesn’t love a good game about plumbers? Now, there is no secret that the game Enough Plumbers takes its inspiration from a certain Nintendo franchise, however it’s simple yet unique game play will keep you coming back for more.
Everybody has had the dream of playing a classic game like Super Mario Bros with another character. Wouldn’t it be cool to run around the Mushroom Kingdom as Simon Belmont? How about Mega Man? Your dreams can come true thanks to Super Mario Crossover.
There have been countless Mario games, both from Nintendo and made by the fans. How many games though have featured Bullet Bill as the hero? I have only found one, and it is tons of fun to play for free.
It is that time of the year where every news source out there gets so lax in creating content, they can only muster up the strength to put together a year in review for this, that or the other. Never to be one to disappoint, I thought now would be the perfect time to join the masses and share with you your favorite things I have posted.
Here are the ten most popular stories, tips, articles and tutorials I published in 2009 on Mitchelaneous.com.
#10 – Instant Drama Sound Effect
My new favorite web site, when you need that instant sound effect action is DramaButton.com. Once pushed, you get that duh duh DUHHHH that has always been a favorite for the old dramatic moments on your favorite old TV shows and movies.
While checking out some of the press art for New Super Mario Bros Wii, I saw this classic picture of Mario and Yoshi that I just couldn’t pass up. I thought to myself, that would make one heck of a nice desktop icon to add to my collection… and the rest, my friends – is history.
Download the Mario and Yoshi Desktop Icon! (.zip)
The icon is compatible with the following sizes: 256 x 256, 128 x 128, 64 x 64, 48 x 48, 32 x 32, 24 x 24, 16 x 16. It is also in both .ico and .png format.
More Free Icons – Enjoy this icon? Be sure to check out my archive of custom icons I have created to share with all the citizens of Mitchelaneous-land. Feel free to download, share, and use any of them. The only thing I ask for in return is a cheap and shameless plug or two thrown back my way.
There is no doubt that I am a big Nintendo fan boy. Well, I might not have a life-sized sculpture of Mario made out of mashed potatoes sitting in the corner of my office (or do I?) but I do like creating desktop icons from my favorite Nintendo characters.
Here are some of my favorite Nintendo-based desktop icons I’ve created:
Want more? I have created tons of them. Check out my free icon archive for even more downloadable desktop icons from your favorite video games. Now that you have checked out these, who or what should I turn into an icon next?
This is an icon set I have been wanting to create for a while. Both Mario and Luigi are icons in the bigger sense of the word. They are an important and enduring symbol for Nintendo, so why not add them to my desktop icon collection?
Download the Super Mario Bros Icons (.zip)
These icons are compatible with the following sizes: 256 x 256, 128 x 128, 64 x 64, 48 x 48, 32 x 32, 24 x 24, 16 x 16. It is also in both .ico and .png formats. For more video game based desktop icon decoration, be sure to check out the rest of my free desktop icons.
I have either watched, or seen summaries of each of the press conferences from e3 of the big game consoles, so I thought I would give my opinion of what I liked and what I didn’t like so much.
Sony’s Best – ModNation Racers looked like the most fun thing they had to show, I really like the mix of the Mario-style kart racing with the do it yourself track building.
Sony’s Worst – Final Fantasy XIV was one of those moments of the show where you get really excited, till they say the word Online then you get sad again. I never played the first “online” Final Fantasy, so maybe I should give it a fare shake first – however I am more of a fan of the more traditional Final Fantasy series.
Nintendo’s Best – It would have to be a tie, because I am really excited about Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros Wii (horrible name though) and Metroid: Other M.
Nintendo’s Worst – Wii Vitality Sensor is really weird. Being somebody that owns 4 nun-chucks, 2 classic controllers, a Wii Wheel, the Wii Zapper, and 4 Wii-motes – I am running out of places to store all these accessories. Also, why do I need a biorhythm sensor to play games?
Microsoft’s Best (and Worst) – Project Natal. Now I don’t have an Xbox 360, so I am not a fair judge here – however I see this full body motion control to be a real winner or a really big loser. Now, I understand where kicking a ball might be fun with this, but what about shooting a gun? Are they expecting me to yell, “pew! pew!” at the screen?
Overall, I think this year’s e3 show, from the point of view of the big three consoles will be, “Oh, you know that motion control stuff we made fun of from the Wii, we do that too… but better!”.
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Mitch Keeler is nothing more than your average Joe trying to leave his mark on the world though both his professional work and his online projects, articles, podcasts and more.
