Sport

AEW boss Tony Khan buys legendary independent promotion Ring of Honor

The fingerprints of those who elevated Ring of Honor from a tiny independent promotion designed to help save a fledgling video distribution company to cult-favorite national phenomenon have their smudge inked all over professional wrestling’s landscape. Look at a random ROH show lineup from 2009-11. Plenty of… Read more…

Tech

New Super Mario Bros. record breaks speedrunning’s “four-minute mile”

You’ll likely never see a human beat Super Mario Bros. faster than this. Earlier this week, speedrunner Niftski became the first player to ever beat Super Mario Bros. in under four minutes and 55 seconds (4:54.948, to be precise). That might not sound too impressive on the surface; it’s only about a quarter-second under the […]

Tech

Sealed Super Mario Bros. shatters record with $660,000 auction sale

From the front, there’s little to distinguish this box from the millions of others Nintendo has produced for Super Mario Bros. A pristine-condition sealed early copy of Super Mario Bros. sold for a record-shattering $660,000 in an online auction today. That includes $550,000 to the seller and a $110,000 “Buyers’ Premium” paid to Heritage Auctions. […]

Games Tech

Game collecting reaches new heights as early Super Mario Bros. hits $372K bid

From the front, there’s little to distinguish this box from the millions of others Nintendo has produced for Super Mario Bros. For a while now, we’ve watched as early sealed copies of Super Mario Bros. have commanded six-figure prices at auction, starting with a $100,000 copy sold in 2019 and continuing through a $140,000 sale […]