TITLE
All thumbs
AUTHOR
Billy Baker
PUBLICATION
The Boston Globe
YEAR
2007
ARTICLE TYPE
Article
FROM THE ARTICLE
Here’s how Andrew Gardikis would capture the holy grail of video game records: He pulls out his battered Super Mario Brothers cartridge, blows on it so it will work, stuffs it into the Nintendo Entertainment System that his older brother and sister bought 15 years ago, hits record on his VCR for posterity, picks up the boxy, two-button controller, and then — for the next five minutes and seven seconds — he plays the best-selling video game of all time better than anyone in history. For one shining moment, Gardikis, 17, will achieve the philosophical absolute. He will be perfect.This is not that day.
GAMES MENTIONED
Super Mario Bros.
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Kelly Flewin
Andrew Gardikis
Scott Kessler
TOPICS MENTIONED
Speedrunning
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