Thursday, June 29, 2006

Philosophy of Mario Kart...

somehow I came across lionconnection.com, from a mis-directed PSU housing link, but in anycase stumbled upon this rather entertaining article on the Philosophy of Mario Kart64... here's just a sample:


"Throughout the races (i.e. life) a number of items can be obtained. However, one does not just receive these boxes. On must strive to run through the patches of boxes and hopefully, obtain an item (weapon) devastating enough to either hold your opponents at bay, or slow them down so that you may catch up with them. This shows that the games developers do not wish to create a welfare state. If you want a box, you must obtain it through your own planning and cognition. However, the items within the boxes also have a certain socialist qualities. But where Marx failed, Mario Kart thrives."



I don't even know how to begin commenting on this article which then goes into philosophical analysis on each of the characters (poor Yoshi...)

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