Hey it's September 13!

Guess what? It's a special day today! Well apparently, birthday ngayon ng isa sa pinakamahalagang tao na nabuhay sa panahon natin. I grew up with this guy. I'm pretty sure you did as well. Today, September 13, 2010, Mario turns 25.

Hey happy birthday! Cheers!

Ohh nostalgic? Suddenly missed him? The game? Well let me share some things with you...

Awwww. I feel bad.

I'm part of that gaming generation who grew up with Tetris. I can still vaguely remember when my parents bought our first Brickgame. I remember playing with Nintendo's Game & Watch and my cousin's Family Computer (if I remember correctly, I never did have my own Famicom, we had the SNES). But I don't remember Tetris being a violent game. Or a sad, sad game of 8-bit proportions. Which is what's apparent in these images...

Look at their faces!!!

Now I feel bad for those 8-bit creatures. They get blown by Spaceships, they get eaten by a Circle (imagine that?! a circle eats you! how sad...) and get stomped on by a Plumber who I think gets high on occassion (he's always on some mushrooms and weird plants that make him breathe fire. pucha high na high. drugs lang nakakagawa non!)

And if they somehow survive those, where do they eventually go when they die? TETRIS.

They're screaming in pain and agony all in digital 8-bit sounds.

Next time you play Tetris, just think about them... please.