This is a video of Redditor thanthemann’s girlfriend playing the end of NENA, a video game thanthemann built over the course of two years to propose to her. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get choked up a little watching her reaction to the proposal. Only a little

This is a video of a man who’s clearly brought his A-game in an attempt to impress skinny Mario and drops an absolutely stellar performance at a Dance Evolution arcade game. I like how the guys watching in the background half-ass some of the movements as well. Man, I remember

Because the internet knows what you need even better than you do, this is Blur’s 1997 banger ‘Song 2’, with all the woo-hoos performed by Mario. It was exactly what I needed on a Wednesday afternoon to lift my spirits and help– “It’s Friday.” What what what! *blasts off through

This is a video of very talented violinist Rob Landes performing the Super Mario World theme with increasing difficulty, from noob to epic. By the end he’s playing the theme AND all the sound effects in the game as they happen. That is impressive. Maybe not as impressive as when

This is a video of hardware hacker and Twitter user @r1ckp (sweet Penfold profile pic, btw) demonstrating the new interactive LEGO Super Mario toy that he modded to function as a controller to play the original Super Mario Bros., including the ability to shoot fireballs and go down warp pipes

This is a video of programmer Foone playing Doom on an electronic pregnancy test. Is he really though? Some more info while I run to the pharmacy, buy all the electronic pregnancy tests, then open my own video game cafe: to clarify what I’m doing here: This is a replacement

This is ‘It’s Rain In Games: Part 1’ (so you’re saying we can expect a sequel?!), a 30-minute compilation of rain from 30 different video games, as edited together by possible digital precipitation fetishist Jez Burrows. There’s everything from oldschool 8-bit style pixelated square raindrops to today’s ultra-realistic weather. Personally,

This is a short video introducing New Zealand based Eight360’s Nova 360-degree virtual reality motion platform, which can move untethered in any direction for UNLIMITED BARREL ROLLAGE or pretending you’re the Indiana Jones boulder. The movement of the simulator is also “synced with a VR headset, so motion sickness isn’t