Today in Joystiq: August 9, 2007

by Ross Miller on Aug 9th 2007 11:59PM

Will the following avatar owners please come to the front counter and claim their Mario variations? Be sure to thank Brad for catching 'em all; check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Off the Grid: Franchises, classics, and homogeny
Today's most emergent video: Ecology of Bioshock

News
Ding fries are done - the Halo 3 media onslaught begins
GameTap Thursday: the Overlord has arrived
Ian Bogost sets good example on Colbert Report
PaRappa creator discusses possible PSN sequel
EA raises stake in Ubisoft, controls nearly 25% of voting shares
New Cooking Mama out of the oven early next year
Bitter dregs: A brief round-up of new Xbox 360 DLC
Beyond Northrend: WoW's beauty and dance school
SOE announces Ramayan 3392 A.D. MMO
EA and Activision talk smack about rock battle
Ninja Gaiden Sigma DLC coming to Europe, Japan
Mark Rein speaks on Silicon Knights v. Epic suit
Bourne Conspiracy devs: this is no 'movie game'
Stranglehold PS3 still coming to Europe this year
Piyotama, Heavenly Sword videos in today's US PSN update
Amazon selling Xbox 360 for $330
Pre-Teen Raider cartoon not so creepy after all
New Sega title hurts our brains
id Software's Steve Nix talks id Tech 5
Sierra developing Spiderwick Chronicles game based on movie
Chibi-Robo DS not dead, but trapped at Wal-Mart

Culture & Community
Wii's most popular VC games
King of Kong director loves Saved By The Bell
Cheapy D fixes red ring with towel in video
London Review of Books weighs in on Manhunt 2
Metroid retrospective: Part 3 - Metroid Prime

Tags: dailyrecap, mario

Reader Comments (131)

Chad Wardenn Mario wins.

The Chad Mario made me lawl too.

Chad Warren Mario be ballin!

you forgot my late entry..LOL

Yeah and yours is actually really good.

Yours has win written all over it.

Rastafario is awesome.

Rastafario for teh win.

Very nice.

I hate to be a bother, but how can I change my avatar? I clicked on my name and the site prompts me for my password - which doesn't work. I see no way to request a change, either.

Sorry, but I figured I'd ask now, since other folks can change their settings.

Enter your profile by clicking on your name. Enter your password - if you are still confirming comments through email it should be at the bottom of those emails - and you'll have access to change the password, avatar, and screenname.

So vidGuy, what happens if you log in, browse to the avatar you want, click upload, and after 20 minutes it STILL hasn't uploaded the 64x64 image? =P 'Cause that's where I'm at right about now.

I also cannot change my avatar, and I have no profile. What should I do?

I had one too, but decided to go back to original pic.
I'll put it up now.
And you forgot the Mario with the Marijuana leaf instead of an M in the hat.

I'm officially naming the first pirate Mario (with the parrot on his shoulder) "YAARRRio".

Remember kids. Mythbusters says pirates wore eye patches for night vision. Also that parrot be my Red-headed Mexican Amazon Rosie.
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/hvnlysoldr/a6a46bb8.jpg

Nice

Wow, I knew there were a lot of us, but sheesh.

I made the DBZ one. Copyright infringement is fun.

My favorite though is the screamin' red lips. Can't help but laugh every time I look at him.

Yeah, I love that one. It was incredibly unnerving the first time that I saw it, but it's grown on me. Just like the parasitic offspring that I'm sure that such a Mario would spawn would.

Thanks. I don't know why, but when I started seeing people editing Paper Mario, making a SHOOP DA MARIO just came to me. :D

For more information on this tired old meme, please refer to this entry on Encyclopedia Dramatica (note: it is best for your mental health, if you have any left, that you do NOT view the picture gallery after the "IRC Version"):
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/IMMA_CHARGIN_MAH_LAZER

Maybe I should animate it now so that Mario charges his lazer...

Naked Peach likes Black Mario the best.

aww yea baby.

she just hasn't tried "the ron" yet.

I was thinking of doing the same and making a picture with all of them. I love any sort of edited original joystiq mario avatar. However I would say the bottom right one and the one diagonally above to the left of that one dont really apply.

haha those are all really good

forgot to mention i got my picture of mario from here http://mariolopez.net

You forgot the Mudkips Mario.

And you should do one for all the pirate avatars. That'd be sweet.

wow those are awesome

Mine owns them all. It doesnt get more 'variant of Mario' than freakin Waluigi.

Think about it.

Ahem, Wario.

Mine is most definitely the worst, wanted something simple... I'm not too good with Photoshop.

I like dead mario, the crazy last one on the 2nd row, hvnlysoldr w/e's pirate, mr. mario slave... lmao just saw shaven mario.

Props to all

I'm so glad I changed my avatar to reinstate Mario, include an eye patch, and still keep my parrot.
Remember kids. Mythbusters says pirates wore eye patches for night vision.
Also that parrot be my Mexican Red-headed Parrot (an Amazon parrot) Rosie. Hmmm didn't know they were endangered...
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/hvnlysoldr/a6a46bb8.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_Amazon

Hvnlysoldr, what does the Y stand for on your pirate mario? I just noticed it and I can't think of what it could be.

Freaking lousy connection... Y is from my name. My full name has a long story behind it. Although I had cleaned out all the artifacts in the default avatar I got frustrated with the Y initial. I didn't realize I should have probably angled or put perspective. It's perfectly straight looking like a stamp while in the original it looks like it's on the hat. Rare Hare nicknamed him "YAARRRIO"