Tag: Mario

Mario Dedivanovic: From humble beginnings to makeup artistry stardom

Mario Dedivanovic is one of the most influential makeup artists and brand founders of this generation. His chic and snatched makeup looks on celebrities is what helped him make a name for himself, these looks are seen on stars like Jennifer Lopez to Priyanka Chopra to his most frequent muse, Kim Kar...

Deploying Mario game on Docker container

Take an Ec2 (ubuntu-linux)instance machine with instance type as t2micro from AWS console We will first start by installing Docker : Update the package database: -> sudo apt update 2. Download the latest version of Docker, and install it: -> curl https://get.d...

The Super Mario Bros Movie: brand power is as important as ever

Come on, let’s be honest about all this: most of us expected an animated film based on Nintendo’s famous characters to do well, sure, but… that well? It feels surreal to even type it: Illumination/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros Movie is about to hit $1 ...

What Happened To The Super Mario Sisters

No spoilers here. So don’t worry if you haven’t seen the movie… But I was just watching an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto (creator of Super Mario Brothers) at the Variety Magazine’s office shortly after the launch of the Super Mario movie. And he was talking about:...

The Fascinating Longevity of Mario

Nintendo’s most iconic and beloved character continues to appeal to fans of all ages over four decades after his introduction to the world Why is it that we as a society can’t get enough of an animated Italian plumber named Mario? In 2023, a reintroduction of Nintendo’s icon...

The Super Mario Bros Movie: Disney Should Be Terrified

Nintendo fanboys like myself in general felt cautiously skeptic from the very first moment we heard someone was making a “Mario Movie”. After all and unlike book-readers, most gamers have no idea what a good adaptation of their beloved material looks like. Then the second trailer re...

Is Mario Universal???s Mickey Mouse?

Mickey Mouse has been a character and icon for not just The Walt Disney Company, but the entire world for decades now. Likewise, Mario has been an icon in his own right for the world, but especially for the video game industry. Now with Nintendo’s partnership with Universal, Mario is stepping ...

Getting Mario Back into the Gym: Setting up Super Mario Bros. in OpenAI???s gym

It’s been a few years since I was first exposed to reinforcement learning. What got me into it was seeing this video that had trained a neural network to play Mario. As someone who grew up playing Mario, seeing deep learning being applied to something I knew so well seemed to provide...

This Super Mario 64 Level Freaks People Out

The Wet-Dry World level is unlike any other level in Super Mario 64. Everything from the image in the sky, to the soundtrack playing in the background leaves you with an eerie feeling. I first heard people talking about this negative emotional aura on YouTube, and I realized that I felt...