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Today, the Funhouse presents all things Mario. The classic Nintendo character comes at you in all three categories. Play Infinite Mario Bros. in our Game of the Day. Collect and explore in our Fun Site of the Day–Mario Mayhem. Or listen to the Mario Bros. theme played on a flute in our Video Pick of the Day.

Funhouse Picks of the Day

Infinte Mario Bros

Game of the Day

Mario Mayhem

Fun Site of the Day

Mario Theme - Beatbox Flute

Video of the Day

Infinte Mario - Mario 3 Clone

For fans of Nintendo’s classic side scrolling mario games, you will be pleased to know you can play every level of Mario Brothers 3 with this game. Using arrow keys to move, ’s’ to jump, and ‘a’ to pick up items, you control Mario as he finds his way through all the different worlds of the game.

When you start the game, however, you won’t necessarily start the game at level one. The game randomly assigns you one of the various worlds of the original game. If you need something easier or harder, just refresh the game until you get the world you want.

The graphics look pretty close to the original game, but the sounds are a little tinnier and the effects are high pitched. You may experience a little lagging in Firefox and the controls don’t feel as solid as the console version. Otherwise, the game does a good job of bringing back the nostalgic days of simple 2-D Side scrollers and the master of plumbing, Mario.

Mario Mayhem - DESCRIPTION

All you Mario fans will love this site that is all things Mario. It includes articles, links, games, wallpaper, sheet music, images, soundtracks, fun web apps and more. If you can’t get your fill of Mario here, you’re out of luck.

Mario Theme - Beatboxing Fluter

This awesome flautist will amaze you with his rendition of the Mario Game Theme. He not only plays the flute, but beatboxes while he does it.

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Welcome to today’s Funhouse Picks! In the Game section we present a unique drag-and-drop experiment; the Fun Site of the Day will teach you how to make fantastic dollar bill origami; and our Video Collection features some amazing feats with quarters and ping-pong balls.

Today’s Picks

Grow

Game of the Day

5 Great Ways To Leave A Tip

Fun Site of the Day

10 Quarters

Video of the Day

Grow - Cue the Ball

Grow is part game and part experiment, from Japanese game makers, Eyezmaze. It’s really an original and refreshing point and click adventure. You have a large red sphere with the word “GROW” in the middle. You have 12 items that you can add to the Grow sphere in any order. As you add new items to the ball, older items start to grow, expand and interact with each other. The more they grow, the more points you get. Some items effect other items in specific ways, so the fun is discovering the proper order in which to drop the items on the sphere to get the most points. Each time the game plays out in strange ways.

Grow is a very interesting concept from very original designers. It also provides stress free gaming for those who just want to play around a little.

5 Great Ways To Leave A Tip - DESCRIPTION

This blog post features 5 sets of instructions or instructional videos which show you how to create really cool Origami (paper-folding) items out of dollar bills. You can leave these interesting creations for tips and put a smile on your wait person’s face.

For some extra Dollar Bill Origami, check out this post Cool Dollar Origami

10 Quarters, Ping Pong Kings, and Ping Pong Trick Shots

Today we have 3 amazing videos featuring very skilled people.

First, a quick little video featuring a guy doing something amazing with a stack of 10 quarters. In the spirit of the drinking game, Quarters, he bounces 10 quarters off the table at once and they land in 10 different cups.

The other two videos feature amazing tricks staged by a couple guys who have amazing skills with ping-pong balls. You’ll be amazed!

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Today’s picks at the Funhouse include a game which combines two arcade classics; a site which will have your boss running scared; and a video reel of hysterical news bloopers from Seattle.

Funhouse Picks of the Day

Pac-Xon

Game of the Day

Whack Your Boss

Fun Site of the Day

Blooperama 1

Video of the Day

Pac-Xon - Two Great Games in One

Pac-Xon combines two great arcade classics, Pac-Man and Qix, into an extremely fun new game. You play as Pac-Man and your objective is to capture 80% of the screen by dividing sections off from the baddies. Inky, Blinky and all the other Pac-Man Enemies float around the playfield trying to attack Pac-Man.

Using the arrow keys, guide Pac-Man across the playfield, claiming sections of the board. If an enemy touches Pac-Man or his uncompleted path, Pac-Man will wither and die. In later levels, ghosts and other enemies have more tricks up their sleeves…patrolling the perimeter, eating away at the areas you’ve already claimed and lurking about in the ’safe areas’ of the screen. Once you have claimed 80% or more of the field, you move on to a more challenging level.

The fun of both arcade classics has been captured very well here. Beginners can pick up game play easily, so about anyone can get a good 10 minutes of play time in before dying.

Whack Your Boss - Release Your Anger

Who out there, at one time or another, hasn’t thought of doing something nasty to your supervisor or boss? In this day of lawsuits and violence, you are better left keeping your sinister desires to yourself. But instead of acting out your violent fantasies in real life, you can find relief just a click away.

This funny and gory little app features a disgruntled office worker minding his own business in his cubicle. His supervisor comes in to give him a lecture on how poor he has performed this week and the little fellow (controlled by you), can’t wait to release his wrath. Using any one of 17 different objects in the cubicle you can completely and violently do your boss in. The animations are graphic and hysterical (not suitable for the wee ones).

I’m sure even the supervisors in the office will get a kick out of this great tounge in cheek web site.

Note: The Funhouse does not condone acts of violence against your boss. They still have the power to fire you.

Blooperama 1 - Diva of Bloopers

Seattle’s own Connie Thompson of KOMO 4 News has a knack of flipping words around or misreading her prompter often with hilarious results. This video represents some of her most memorable moments. The Funhouse respects and appreciates Connie and believes she makes the news worth watching in Seattle, so be kind to her with your comments. We need more Connie!

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