“If it weren’t for physics and law enforcement, I’d be unstoppable.”

Physics + Law Enforcement = Robocop. ‘Nuff said. Murphy’s not taking me down without a fight.

“It’s Complicated”

The rollercoaster of all statuses. It’s like riding one. You know it’s gonna be a wild ride yet you still fall in line, ride the damn thing, scream like crazy and look shitfaced when it stops. Every twist and turn leaves you hanging at the edge of your seat. The real question is, will you be smiling and laughing at the end of the ride? Or will you be crying and be shitting in your pants?

Hand carved in the seventh level of Hell.

Soon, I was able to finish all the games my dad bought… but one. One game stood like a rock. It mocked me as if there was nothing that my 6-year old mind and body can do to finish the game. I felt like as if the entire Japanese nation was laughing at me. It was Shigeru Miyamoto’s Super Mario Bros. It wasn’t just about finishing the game. It was about “what the fck happened next?”. ‘Coz after you’ve gone several levels of rescuing a mushroom instead of the princess, you’ll eventually go nuts. Ever since, I’ve been curious about the ending.

Cockblock.

It was a very cunning strategy. It was enough to drive my 6 year old mind to the point of lunacy. For days, sleep was not in my vocabulary. I also deprived myself from food, hence, my current frame. (Yes, I blame Nintendo. I should sue them.) And I also stopped playing with my friends. All of a sudden, the world is all about pipes, mushrooms and spinning columns of flaming doom. After weeks of trying to find the princess, I realized that I should stop playing the game and go back to my life before the Family Com… Because really, what should be a 6 year old be doing at that age? Stay cooped up in his room while playing the video game of the century? Or outside, trying to explore the world and its wonders? (By exploring the world, I mean getting back on the streets with my sling shot looking for stray animals to hit and picking up odd pieces of rocks along the way. Also, I solve math problems during my spare time.) It came to a point where I forgot about the Super Mario Bros. We had a PC back then and I was already doing wonders using MS DOS and QBASIC.

Almost 17 years later… I find this on YouTube. The ending I longed for. The ending I never got to see. How Super Mario Bros. ended. I mean, I’ve always known that Mario will eventually reach the castle where the princess is taken hostage. But how? Under what circumstance? What do they say to each other? Seth MacFarlane’s genius video tells me how. And I fuckin’ loved it. Nostalgia alert.