0125: Video Games Meet Hockey
I'm not at all what you'd call a hardcore gamer, but when it comes to the Super Mario franchise, I can't get enough. That's why this is my favorite weekend of the year. Not only has Brian Brideau designed a Super Mario-inspired hockey sweater, but Mario Marathon 5 starts today!
Mario Marathon is an annual event in which a group of people in Indiana go nuts, playing Super Mario games nonstop while raising money for a charity that helps sick kids. They present a live stream of the marathon so everyone can watch their progress. It usually goes on for several days and always brings in an impressive amount of cash. I've watched bits and pieces of the marathon every year since they started, so I wanted to get in a plug.
While we're on the subject of video games, Dylan Alexander created this Pac Man hockey sweater which I think is pretty fantastic. Only thing it's missing is a Ms. Pac Man. No-Hockey Week wraps up tomorrow. Can you guess what the topic will be?
By the way, the Freak Out Friday feature returns next Friday. (Though if you think about it, Super Mario and Pac Man hockey jerseys are a bit freaky.)
Brian Brideau& Dylan Alexander 
Reader Comments (5)
The Mario shirt fits in with it being Friday alright.. I just don't know what it is, but it's dreadful... I hate it.
Sure I'm bias, I can play pac man all day and not get bored of it. The Pac Man shirt is fine, in fact it's good. I like that it's not cluttered as it could well be so. However it's clean and almost could be used. Perhaps the only suggestion for this would have been to have at least one blue ghost being chased on the back.
The Mario jersey looks like the old Coyotes getup. Hilarious.
Mario is missing... his right hand! The sprite's just a little bit off... the jersey itself is just a little too crazy for my taste.
The Pac Man jersey is nice, though I'd use a different font for the name/number. I guess the number font is supposed to be somewhat evocative of the Pac Man logo font, but it just doesn't look right at all. I think I'd use the classic arcade text font, Joystix, personally.
oh god. plz stop doing these stupid novelty jerseys. they're so corny it's unbearable.
For sure thought Coyotes after seeing the mario one