"Mushrooms have played an important role in videogames for decades, ever since Shigeru Miyamoto thought it'd be amusing if his plumber protagonist powered up by eating a gnarled, red-spotted unappealing fungus. Mario has been snacking on them since, and in a variety of colors and flavors. Mushrooms seem to make great platforms too, with Samus hopping about on them in at least one Metroid game. They've been enemies in numerous games, and long-minded gamers will recall Commander Keen zapping the..."

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