I’m sure you all remember Andrea Vadrucci. Well, after tackling the black sheep of the main Super Mario Bros. series, Andrea is making a comeback with the game that means a little bit more to us around here: Super Mario Bros. 3! Same guy, same precision drumming, same amazing set, but the soundtrack to an even better game!

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I get buried in emails on a daily basis, but every so often I manage to sludge through them and find a diamond in the rough. What you’re looking at it is a 17,000 push-pin mosaic mural, a product of three revisions and a total of two and a half semesters of work. The final revision took a whopping two months of work by the CIS Student Association at the University of the Fraser Valley, and it’s currently sitting in the Student Computing Center over there.

You’d think I’d be able to relate to these college kids, but I can’t even remember when I’ve had enough free time to do something so crafty! You can check past the break for a few more photos, but be sure to check out Ranadok’s Flickr profile for more. Thanks to Robert for the heads up!

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Even though Super Mario Bros. 3 is one of my favorite games of all time, to this day I still wonder who came up with the idea of having Super Mario inside a giant sock jumping on Goombas. I understand that it is located deep inside the vaults of various Nintendo Big Wig’s brains, but I can only imagine how silly it must have sounded to others during a Super Mario Bros. 3 development staff meeting. These age old wonders haven’t stopped talented crocheter from constructing Mario himself tucked away inside Kuribo’s shoe.

Looks like it’s time to dust off the old classic controller, and find this shoe again on Super Mario Bros. 3 and ponder yet another question. Why in the world can the sock jump on spikes? Thanks Adriel for the tip!

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This week, we’ll listen to the The Big Band Of Rogues perform the ending theme to Super Mario Bros. 3, as performed at the Nihon Seinenkan Hall back on September 14th, 2003. It’s not the greatest jazz band in the world, but I’ll bet if any of them are gamers, they’re having a ton of fun.

That said, there are no gamers in that saxophone section. I think I’ve seen drying paint that’s more exciting to watch. Keep that in mind, you current or aspiring musicians - the performance is just an important as the ability to play a piece!

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