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The Wizard Released on DVD
The Wired Game|Life Column points out that something momentous happened yesterday: The Wizard was released on DVD. From the post: "And I do not understand how any sane person couldn't be happy about this. Generally recognized even by the small children who saw it in 1989 as being a ninety-minute ad for Nintendo, The Wizard is quite frankly a masterpiece of our time. It starred Super Mario Bros. 3." From 1up's post on the release: "Appropriate celebrations include sending Wizard cards (depicting Fred Savage in all his pre-teen glory, natch), the decorating of the Wizard tree (ornaments should resemble characters from Super Mario 3), and wearing the Wizard celebratory garments (also known as the Nintendo Power Glove). I'm sure the lack of Blu-Ray release was simply an oversight, and not a monstrous snub by the higher-ups at Sony."
Rilo Kiley and Jenny Lewis! Fred Savage? Huh? Wasn't that Peter Falk's grandson? Mod me +WTF, Obscure
You're all bastards!
Now we can have an upcoming sneak-preview of Mario 3!!!
It's so... bad.
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If we ever got to the point where a video game was driven by an artificial intelligence so advanced that it could itself become a citizen of a country, then couldn't we literally have a movie _starring_ the video game itself?
"Based on the hit video game 'Chessmaster 3035,' Chessmaster 3035 stars in: 'Chessmaster 3035, the Movie.'"
Love to see Uwe Boll try to tackle that one.
"artificial intelligence so advanced that it could itself become a citizen of a country"
Not only can they become citizens, they can run for president and just about damn near win (2000).
Where were you when the voynix came?
Its amazing that nintendo was cool enough to release a commericial as a film and kids would flock to see it?
Best review of this film I've ever seen is here: http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0795/
we're just marketing. marketing our bad attitudes.
Ah! An intellectual.
May the Maths Be with you!
I have the "Film that actually had something to do with the game" box set.
Actually, it's just a cardboard box I found.
I'm scared of numbers that can't be written as a fraction. It's an irrational fear.
WoSAT is exactly what I was hoping for when I saw this and a previous /. headline. Thankfully I have a pretty high quality laserdisc rip on DVD. You could likely still find one as well on a rainy day (you know, a day that's a Bit Torrential).
Jerk Jerk Revolution?
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Am I one of the only ones who thinks that it was actually a pretty decent film? Strip it of the Nintendo advertising, and it still is mostly about a few kids trying to help their autistic brother to a championship across the country, for the one thing he's a master at. It's based on "Tommy" by The Who, just replace "pinball wizard" with "video game wizard". Instead of being deaf, dumb, and blind, he's just deaf and dumb. Instead of his state being induced by having seen his mother having sex with some guy, he saw his twin sister die right in front of him. For a large scale drama, aimed at kids, it wasn't half bad at all. Only reason people couldn't take it very seriously is because of all the advertising, which was unfortunate.
Multiplayer Gaming (defined): Sitting around, discussing single-player games with my friends, at the bar.
Wii have three contestants: one, two, thrii!
I give you ... Super Mario Brothers ... WIIIIIIII!!!!!11