Super Mario Kart and the Bonneville Salt Flats

The Anthropocene Reviewed

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4.9 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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John Green reviews a kart racing video game series and a vast expanse of salt-encrusted earth located in the desert of northwestern Utah. Thanks to Backblaze for sponsoring this episode: http://backblaze.com/anthro

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0:00.0	Shhh!
0:02.0	Listen or support it.
0:05.5	WNYC Studios.
0:08.7	Hello and welcome to the Anthropocene Reviewed, a podcast where we review different facets
0:14.0	of the Human-Centered Planet on a 5-star scale.
0:17.2	My name is John Green, and today I'll be reviewing the video game series Super Mario
0:21.4	Kart and the Bonnival Salt Flats in Utah.
0:26.7	The first a quick thank you to the sponsor of today's episode Backblaze.
0:30.4	You can back up everything on your computer for just $5 a month at Backblaze.com slash
0:35.7	Anthro.
0:36.7	That's Backblaze.com slash Anthro.
0:39.5	Okay, let's begin with the video game Super Mario Kart, which was first released for
0:46.6	the Super Nintendo in 1992.
0:49.7	Super Mario Kart was initially slated to be a racing game with Formula One style cars,
0:55.2	but hardware constraints on the Super Nintendo forced the designers to build tightly woven
1:00.1	tracks that folded in on themselves.
1:02.9	The kind that only go-karts can navigate, and so it became a kart racing game in which
1:08.0	characters from the Mario universe squat atop carts, kind of like I do when I try to ride
1:13.6	my daughter's tricycle.
1:16.2	Players can choose from among 8 characters in the Mario universe, Princess Peach, Mario,
1:20.9	Luigi, Donkey Kong, Jr., etc.
1:23.7	And each character has their own strengths and weaknesses.
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