'Game of Thrones' Meets 8-Bit Super Mario Bros.

Now this is nifty. YouTube user NicksplosionFX is obviously a "Game of Thrones" geek who has a deep, abiding love for "Super Marios Bros." because the 8-bit artist re-creates the opening credits from GoT in classic video game goodness by transforming them into a tour of the Mushroom Kingdom. Nicksplosion also provides a pretty cool 8-bit version of the "Thrones" theme song (which may become my new ringtone).

This is some detailed stuff. Check it out. (via EW)

'Super Mario Bros.' Gets Darker in Four New Short Films

Screen Shot of "Lou" from "The Addict"

Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. just got darker thanks to Evan Daugherty (“Divergent”). According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The Four Players” are a series of four shorts written and directed by Daugherty and feature “a grounded, dark and grittier” reimagination of the characters, including, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Toad.

They mention that in one of the short films, “For example, 'The Addict' shows a skinny, mustachioed 'Lou' speaking at a Narcotics Anonymous-type meeting, growing mysterious flowers in a basement lab and receiving a text from "Bro" that reads: ‘SHE NEEDS US.’”

The films are being released on Maker’s gaming and geektastic YouTube channel, Polaris, and the first two films, “The Fixer,” which features Mario and “The Addict” are now available for viewing. You can head over to the channel tomorrow for the final two films, “The Star,” which centers around Princess Peach, and Toad-inspired, “The Soldier.”

'Super Mario Bros.' movie gets sequel ... in comic form

In 1993, Lightmotive Pictures brought every '80s kid's favorite video game, Super Mario Bros., to the big screen, with Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as the live-action versions of Mario and Luigi.

If you don't remember (it was 20 years ago after all, and the movie was really bad), the film ended with Daisy (Sarah Polly) bursting in and whisking the brothers off on another adventure. It was quite the cliff hanger and just begging for a sequel. Well, get ready because that sequel is finally on its way; this time taking comic book form.

Super Mario Bros 2: The Sequel, is currently in the works, and to make fans even more excited? Comic creators Ryan Hoss and Steven Applebaum have actually met with Parker Bennett, the script writer of the original movie to ensure the sequel is entirely canon.

For more information and to get some sneak peeks at the comic, be sure to check out the SMB2 site!

-Nowal Massari