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Game Blog / Re: WTMK Update and Broadcasting Notice

« on: July 31, 2009, 08:47:11 AM »

And for all you seriously lazy people, WTMK's page is here, and the m3u stream file is here.

Sadly, my home connection is no longer good enough to stream it without prebuffering every 15-30 seconds. It's really nice to hear more Gamecube Mario music and less WarioWare music!

Hmm.  I just realized that the lower quality MP3 stream appears to be gone... how many folks can't listen to WTMK under the current settings?

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Game Blog / WTMK Update and Broadcasting Notice

« on: July 31, 2009, 08:08:35 AM »

WTMK's music selection has been going through a bit of an overhaul over the past week.  As of early this morning, music from the following games is broadcasting on WTMK for the first time:

* Alleyway
* Diddy Kong Racing
* Diddy Kong Racing DS
* Doki Doki Panic
* Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
* Donkey Kong Country (GBC)
* Dr. Mario Online RX
* Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
* Mario Kart Wii
* Mario Party 7
* Mario Party 8
* Mario Strikers Charged
* Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
* Super Mario Galaxy
* Undake 30 Same Game
* Wario Land: Shake It!
* Wario's Woods (NES)
* WarioWare: Twisted!
* Yoshi (GB)
* Yoshi's Cookie (NES)

In addition, the general quality of WTMK's audio should be improved this week.  More updates and games will be coming over the weekend, with the eventual goal of broadcasting music from every Mario game.

Comments? Questions? Death threats?  Feel free to respond in the forums...

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Game Blog / $20 Wario Land: Shake It!, DK Jungle Beat, Mario & Sonic, and more!

« on: July 29, 2009, 03:40:59 AM »

Gamestop is running a little sale, at least until August 2nd.  A variety of new games are on sale for just $20, including these Mario-related Wii titles:

New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Wario Land: Shake It

In addition, the following Wii titles are also on sale for $20 (as are a variety of 360 and PS3 games):
Animal Crossing: City Folk (game only)
Excitebots: Trick Racing (game only)
MadWorld
Wii Music

The sale ends on August 2, so you may need to hurry.

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Game Blog / Contest: Win e3 Goodies by Locating TMK Stickers

« on: July 16, 2009, 10:01:29 PM »

Were you unable to go to e3 this year?

Wish you could get your hands on some e3 "swag"?

Wish no longer: your chance to win authentic e3 2009 e3 stuff is here!  All you have to do is find e3 2009 photos containing someone wearing the TMK "Trust the Fungus" sticker (as seen throughout my e3 2009 photo spread).  The reader submitting the greatest number of unique TMK sticker photos will win something amazing from my bag of e3 stuff.  I'll post each submission as it arrives, and in a few weeks I'll reward the reader with the highest score.

If I receive enough entries, I'll award 2nd and 3rd place prizes as well.

Submit your entries here (or, if you prefer, send me an e-mail).  Make SURE to include information on where you found the image (i.e. the URL for the website).

Official Rules:

All entries must be received by July 31st.  Each unique photograph of someone wearing a TMK sticker at e3 qualifies as a single point.  The reader with the highest score at the end of July will be declared the winner.  Due to shipping costs, only readers in the USA or Canada will be eligible to receive the prize.

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Game Blog / David's e3 2009 Photos -- NOW with Commentary!

« on: July 16, 2009, 09:42:37 PM »

While my e3 2009 photos were uploaded to the site about a month ago, I neglected to add any commentary and notations to them.  This made the photos interesting but rather confusing if you were anyone by myself -- until now!  Marvel at the exciting commentary, gape at the special celebrity cameos, and chuckle at my trials and tribulations. David's e3 2009 photo spectacular is now live!  Highlights include:

* My micro-interview with Steve Wiebe (of The King of Kong fame).

* Charles Martinet just before I clobbered him in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

* The staff of Wayforward and Artoon expressing their trust of the fungus.

* IGN Editors failing to escape from my photographer.

* Tommy Tallarico likening himself to Mario.

... and much, MUCH more!

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Game Blog / A Youtube Tribute to the Greatest Piece of Mario Music Ever...

« on: January 13, 2009, 02:33:21 PM »

So, I was working on one thing or another, and I discovered a few nifty little Mario music renditions on Youtube.  It's times like this that I'm glad TMK has a blog section now, as I really don't know of how else I'd manage to share this stuff with you folks.

Anyway, for your listening pleasure... the Super Mario Bros. 2 Character Select music!

(Hey, SMB2/USA has ragtime-style music. I prefer its music to most of the rest of the series.  Your tastes, good readers, may vary.)

Nice ragtime piano version, and the primary reason I created this post

Four man arrangement - sounds a little clipped at times, but not bad

... and, just for the sake of it, the overworld theme...

...and, finally: some guy plays drums along with the NES overworld theme

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Game Blog / I had forgotten how many Mario cinema scenes there were...

« on: January 07, 2009, 05:27:28 PM »

It appears that someone out there in Youtube land has constructed their interpretation of a "modern day Super Mario Bros. Super Show" opening.  It's features a pretty decent collection of Mario cinema scenes from the recent games, generally patched together to fit the themes of the "song".

It might be worth taking a look at, if even for just a minute.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGfbAQOTipE

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Game Blog / WTMK Christmas/Winter/Ice Music Marathon

« on: December 24, 2008, 09:00:43 AM »

Are you busy wrapping packages, or are you simply diving into pipes?

Either way, WTMK is here -- for YOU!  We're now broadcasting a holiday/Christmas/winter music, just for you!  Every tune you've enjoyed hearing as Mario slowly trudged through snow -- now broadcasting on WTMK!

Tune in now!

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Game Blog / $24.95 Mario Super Sluggers or Wario Land: Shake It! - 4 Day Overstock.com Sale

« on: December 12, 2008, 04:53:40 AM »

Overstock.com is having a four day video game sale. I'm not entirely sure when the sale started, but I thought these deals might be appealing to some of our TMK readers.

* Wii Mario Super Sluggers for $24.95

* Wii Wario Land: Shake It! for $24.95

... and while it isn't a Mario related title, I feel like I'd be doing our friends over at Kirby's Rainbow Resort a disservice if I didn't mention the following...

* NDS Kirby Super Star Ultra for $16.88

Overstock features $2.95 shipping, and I believe it's a flat rate no matter how many games you purchase.  Great time to pick up some games for your friends and family!

(Did I mention that I needed a copy of all three of those?  Just keep it in mind... I mean, it's not like my infamous wish list has ever done me any good.  Of course, there is a first time for everything, right?

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Game Blog / Yet Another "Real Life Mario Kart" Video -- but in Paris?

« on: December 06, 2008, 05:07:15 AM »

A French fellow named Remi Gaillard decided to reenact some Mario Kart madness... along the streets of France.  I hadn't seen it before, but some of the rest of you might have.  In any event, seeing a fellow on a go kart tossing banana peels while swerving in between cars is interesting, at least for a few minutes.

Video on YouTube
Video on DailyMotion (appears to be slightly higher quality)

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Game Blog / Re: Mario Kart "Music" Weirdness... on Youtube, of course...

« on: December 04, 2008, 02:16:08 AM »

I wish I could un-hear this.

Sorry. If I had to suffer through it...

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Game Blog / Mario Kart "Music" Weirdness... on Youtube, of course...

« on: December 04, 2008, 12:52:49 AM »

Someone brought this to my attention recently... a music video about love and Mario Kart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBpQVhCMb8

Someone else then directed me to this.... weirdness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuX5_OWObA0

I was going to do something more interesting with these, but I got tired of keeping them bookmarked, so I've unleashed them on the TMK community. Enjoy!

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Game Blog / Re: "Black Friday" Deals: $30 Wario Land: Shake It!, $135 "Mario Red" DS Bundle...

« on: December 04, 2008, 12:50:45 AM »

I've heard tell that those Amazon deals were... well, I don't know if "dishonest" is the right word, but they supposedly applied only to the stores the deals were at. So if you bought offline you may not even get the deal.

I can safely say that any Amazon sales (by which I mean games sold BY Amazon) were perfectly valid.

No, that's not a stack of cardboard boxes I'm sitting on... why do you ask?

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Game Blog / "Black Friday" Deals: $30 Wario Land: Shake It!, $135 "Mario Red" DS Bundle...

« on: November 28, 2008, 03:52:15 AM »

Want some cheap Mario games?

* $30 Wario Land: Shake It! on Amazon.com
* $30 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) on Amazon.com
* $135 Mario Edition DS Lite with New Super Mario Bros. on Amazon.com, OR
* $136 Mario Edition DS Lite with New Super Mario Bros. at Wal-Mart/Wal-Mart.com

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Game Blog / Rockthelist.com's "40 Greatest Uses of the Super Mario Bros. Theme"

« on: November 27, 2008, 06:39:12 AM »

During a routine internet investigation for Mario-related madness, I stumbled across "The 40 Greatest Uses of the Super Mario Theme" on an odd website dedicated to lists.  It seems like the sort of thing some of you might enjoy, so feel free to go take a look -- I was rather impressed by the SMW track played by dialing a cellphone.

Link: http://www.rockthelist.com/2008/10/23/the-40-greatest-uses-of-the-super-mario-theme/