Part A
Ah! We’ve made it to the last day of our video game
adventure. And what a journey it has been- I have never screamed so much at a
screen before in my life. Today we played the ever-classic Mario or one of the
video games that I was actually allowed to play as a child and I STILL SUCK AT
IT!!
Mario has literally been around 5ever and as a result, every
time a new game is released, mass hysteria ensues. Mario appeals to everyone,
similar to a four-quadrant movie, and everyone can play it. The controls are
easy to learn and the objective is easy. (Children can probably play this game
better then I can) Today, I learned that no matter your skill level, you will
enjoy playing any Mario game because the appeal for every age group is there.
You can also look at the game from a merchandise
perspective. At any nerd culture store you can buy a Mario shirt, or sweater,
or boxer shorts, or assorted jewellery; the possibilities are endless. You also
start to see Mario’s little Italian head everywhere whenever a new game is
about to be released. If the plot were anymore complex, the game would be 5
movies already!
Finally, after a quick goggle search I found that the budget
for creating a new Mario game is close to $50 million dollars. With
increasingly better graphics and content, the need for a bigger budget is
obvious, but $50 mill?! If I had that kind of money I would pay for someone to
play the game for me and kill everyone on my team! (Haha- that’s what you get
for killing me every single course!!)
Part B
Okay, I’m not going to lie, I love playing Super Mario Bros.
Consider it one of the only video games that I will voluntarily play time and
time again. I just end up pressing random buttons the majority of the time, but
still. I think the biggest appeal to playing blockbuster games like Mario is
the whole social aspect. When my team wasn’t killing me by popping my bubble
right before a cliff or on those spinning thingies, we were generally trying to
help each other out and having a lot of fun while doing it. Yes, I did die
every single round, but I was still able to laugh it off every single time (I
had short little shroom legs, I couldn’t jump that high okay!)
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