Super Modern Mario Bros. makes Mario unrealistically realistic (video!)

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Culture, Nintendo, Platformers, Trailers,

Check out the video below for Super Modern Mario Bros. It's a novel concept dreamed up by a gamer, removing a lot of the cutesy Mario-ness, dialing up the level of seriousness by removing the music and adding realistic sound effects. It’s a bit more violent, too, with Goombas exploding and Mario crashing to his untimely demise when he leaps towards the end-of-level flag and fails to successfully grab hold and slide down. Look, just watch it--it's way more fun than reading our description!

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Video: 5 minutes of glorious Halo 4 gameplay footage from E3

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: E3, First Person Shooters, Microsoft, Trailers, Xbox 360,

In addition to the Halo 4 trailer from this morning's Microsoft E3 2012 Media Briefing, we've also got the full gameplay video as well. In the trailer, which you can view after the break, you get over 5 minutes of content showing off new enemies in the Halo world, and new abilities for Master Chief. 343 Industries looks to be off to a great start with its new Halo trilogy. Halo 4 will be available on November 6.

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Watch the Halo 4 live-action trailer

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: E3, First Person Shooters, Microsoft, Trailers, Xbox 360,

This morning during its E3 2012 Xbox 360 Media Briefing, Microsoft brought us the first Halo 4 full-length trailer, and it's a thing of beauty. If you didn't catch it, we've got it for you above. Great stuff. Halo 4 hits stores on November 6, 2012.