40 Years of Super Mario Bros.

Get Played

Headgum

Leisure, Video Games, Comedy

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

Heather, Nick and Matt look back at 40 years of Super Mario Bros! They talk about some of their favorite entries in the series, what makes Mario endure, their first Mario experiences and more! They also talk about WarioLand for the Virtual Boy (prior to the Nintendo Direct announcing it's return), Hollow Knight: Silksong, and the book "A Theory of Fun for Game Design" by Raph Koster

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:05.5	Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.combe.
0:10.8	U.K. slash Wondery. That's audible.com.
0:14.2	U.K. slash Wondery.
0:30.7	And now in honor of Super Mario's 40th anniversary, we present a clip from Get Played in 1985.
0:35.4	Hey, y'all play this new game, Super Mario Brothers?
0:37.7	Yeah, it's really, really good.
0:38.5	I'm really enjoying it.
0:45.4	So the game involves moving from the left side of the screen to the right side of the screen.
0:48.3	And so you can walk, but you can also jump.
0:51.5	Yeah, I kind of don't see how it's going to really catch on. Guys, I'm sorry, you guys, you guys, you know that TWA airliner has just been hijacked? Wait, what? There's 133 people on board. Oh, my God. Yeah, it's a hostage situation. I don't know. It's 1985 and this shit's crazy. That is crazy. Do you think it's so crazy that I should cancel wanting to go to the movies to see the Breakfast Club later? No, no, no, no, no. You know what? You know what? I'm just going to turn off the news for a while and try and focus. Yeah, let's try to focus. What are you guys talking about? You're talking about Super Mario Brothers? Yes, Super Mario Brothers for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Oh, is that the one with the robot?
1:28.5	Well, yes, they have Rob, the robotic operating buddy,
1:31.9	but actually not involved in playing the Super Mario Brothers game at all.
1:36.3	In fact, what you use is it's like a joystick,
1:39.8	but it's like a little square that you hold.
1:43.1	And the buttons you press with your thumb, not your finger.
1:47.1	It's a little bizarre.
1:48.2	And you move with a D-pad, which is like a cross that you can press different directions.
1:55.7	It's definitely an adjustment, but I'm enjoying it.
1:58.5	I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
1:59.0	I can't focus.
2:00.0	I just heard about the Achilles-Laureole hij hijacking it's a cruise ship oh my God a cruise ship's been hijacked Jesus she's a cruise ship and a plane it's 1985 that's so crazy I got it guys real quick I'm sorry I hate to take a break real quick I'm just so thirsty I got to take a sip of my new that looks good. I got to have one of those. Ah, man, that's new Coke for you. It's really good.
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