Still Loading #401: Mario 101 w/ Drew Mackie

Some of my favorite episode topics are the ones I couldn't think of. This week on the show I am joined by Drew Mackie from the blog, Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games to talk about his recently released article, Mario 101. In Mario 101, Drew lays out a series of 101 obscure and fun Mario facts over the course of 40,000 words. This is the kind of topic I never would have thought of, which makes it the perfect topic for me to cover on the show. This type of super niche, hyper specific research is my jam and I when I reached out to Drew about coming on the show for a game (something we have yet to plan) we asked if we could talk about this and I jumped at the chance to. This was a really fun conversation about a side of Mario you don't really see. This is Mario 101. Follow Drew on Bluesky HERE Check out Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games HERE Shout-out Song: Bob-omb Battlefield Artist: Coffee Date Original Composer: Koji Kondo Album: Mario Tape https://gamechops.com/mario-tape-super-mario-lofi/ End Song: Oh Daisy, Daisy! Artist: halc Original Composer: Hirokazu Tanaka Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04066 Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod