You couldn't make a Mario like this today, because of woke (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by AernaLingus@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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Found thanks to a Video Game History Foundation tweet (Xcancel link, Bluesky link); you can browse the magazine (the November 1983 issue of Electronic Games) and do full text searches in their archive.

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[-] Carl@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

itt: people confusing Pauline with Peach

[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

I'll accept a little bit of blame for putting the image description in the alt text of the post instead of in a spoiler

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