How the Inventor of Mario Designs a Game

Name: How the Inventor of Mario Designs a Game
Uploaded: 2017-01-12T10:35:59-05:00
Description: Shigeru Miyamoto has created some of the most popular videos games in history. Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., and The Legend of Zelda helped to redefine what video games were and what they could be. Miyamoto's combination of movement, control,...

Shigeru Miyamoto has created some of the most popular videos games in history. Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., and The Legend of Zelda helped to redefine what video games were and what they could be. Miyamoto's combination of movement, control, and storytelling paved the way for today's epic games, with budgets the size of blockbusters and storylines that could fill a novel — and sometimes do. Miyamoto sat down with Vox to talk about his philosophy about designing games, and the next frontier for Nintendo: mobile gaming.

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The Snow Guardian

Billy Barr has spent the last 40 years living in a small cabin in the deserted ghost town of Gothic, Colorado — alone. With so much time to fill, Billy began recording the snowpack around his home to simply pass the time. When climate researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab discovered Billy's detailed records spanning decades, they had an invaluable resource for tracking how climate change is effecting our planet.

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Snowboarding Japan's Deepest Powder

Rather than the tricks and big air associated with snowboarding here in the States, the Japanese have a different ideal: Smooth, artful curves cut down the mountainside. Snowboarders Forrest Shearer, Karl Martin, Griffin Siebert, Alex Yoder, and Nick Russell travel to Hokkaido to take on Japan's best powder, culture, and cuisine while learning a different philosophy on snowboarding.

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Joyful Co. Holiday Gift Boxes

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Los Pollos Hermanos

With such an honest and friendly face, who wouldn't try the new curly fries from Los Pollos Hermanos? But if you're going to complain, be sure to do it when Gus isn't there. The beloved villain from Breaking Bad looks poised to make an appearance in the third season of Better Call Saul, before an unfortunate wheelchair bomb incident took half his face and the rest of his life.

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XX

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Arrival VFX

Denis Villeneuve's Arrival was full of aliens and unidentified flying objects, so we had to assume it was also full of CGI. As it turns out, we were correct. In this short reel, visual effects studio Oblique FX shows off the exceptional work they did for the film.

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President Obama's Farewell Address to the American People

For the 44th time in the 283 years of the Republic of the United States of America, one President will step down as another takes their place. In the grand tradition of the office, outgoing President Barack Obama gave his farewell speech in Chicago, the city that he called home and gave him his start in politics. Over his nearly hour-long speech, President Obama cited the challenges, successes, failures, and his still-strong belief in the ability of this nation to change for the better.

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