Feature: Do Kyoto’s Turtle Stepping Stones Have A Connection To Mario?

Life imitating art, or the other way around?

The phrase “Egg of Columbus” is used to describe a brilliant discovery which seems so obvious after the fact. It’s something we’ve been pondering for weeks now, ever since interviewing former games journalist Frank O’Connor for our recent ‘Nintendo’s Golden Ticket’ feature.

“I might conflate my discovery of turtle stepping stones across Kyoto’s canals – which has a very obvious implication for the Mario universe! – and walks I took with Gareth,” O’Connor said during our chat.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

Life imitating art, or the other way around?

The phrase “Egg of Columbus” is used to describe a brilliant discovery which seems so obvious after the fact. It’s something we’ve been pondering for weeks now, ever since interviewing former games journalist Frank O’Connor for our recent ‘Nintendo’s Golden Ticket’ feature.

“I might conflate my discovery of turtle stepping stones across Kyoto’s canals – which has a very obvious implication for the Mario universe! – and walks I took with Gareth,” O’Connor said during our chat.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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