"Koji Kondo (born 1960) was just your average Japanese composer when he stumbled into a gig at a playing card company called Nintendo in 1984."
Come on, you know the Mario theme inside and out. Find out about the man who scored all of the Mario games at the Mental Floss blog!*
*except Super Mario Bros. 2, apparently.
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Come on, you know the Mario theme inside and out. Find out about the man who scored all of the Mario games at the Mental Floss blog!*
written by LongCountdown 61 days ago
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Great post. I particularly like Mario on the drums.
written by Deas 61 days ago
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Which one - steel drums or insanely over-sized drum kit? Ha ha ha. I thought the drums were cool, especially when I could tell what notes he was matching in rhythm. (Hasn't a steel drum theme been done in-game electronically before?)
written by LongCountdown 61 days ago
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The over-sized drum kit, with nearly 8 million views on YouTube.
written by Deas 61 days ago
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Yeah. Do you have to click through to the actual YouTube page to see the view count, or is there a ninja trick to see them on embedded videos? I'm curious - it's something I like to check, too.
written by LongCountdown 60 days ago
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Whenever I see an embedded video I like,I click through to the YouTube page to give it 5 stars. I don't think there's any way of checking the pageviews without visiting YouTube itself.
written by Deas 61 days ago
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Why does this story say it has 4 comments when there are clearly three?
(I suppose I will have to risk the problem disappearing when I hit "Submit Comment..." Hmmm...
written by LongCountdown 60 days ago
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Ah, sorry about that. I submitted the same comment twice while testing the comments RSS feed last night.
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Great post. I particularly like Mario on the drums.
Which one - steel drums or insanely over-sized drum kit? Ha ha ha. I thought the drums were cool, especially when I could tell what notes he was matching in rhythm. (Hasn't a steel drum theme been done in-game electronically before?)
The over-sized drum kit, with nearly 8 million views on YouTube.
Yeah. Do you have to click through to the actual YouTube page to see the view count, or is there a ninja trick to see them on embedded videos? I'm curious - it's something I like to check, too.
Whenever I see an embedded video I like,I click through to the YouTube page to give it 5 stars. I don't think there's any way of checking the pageviews without visiting YouTube itself.
Why does this story say it has 4 comments when there are clearly three?
(I suppose I will have to risk the problem disappearing when I hit "Submit Comment..."
Ah, sorry about that. I submitted the same comment twice while testing the comments RSS feed last night.