Princess Peach may just be one of the most recognized gaming characters of all time. Here's two cosplayers that believe that they've gotten the cosplay formula for Super Mario's damsel in distress right.

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Gamers are some of the most dedicated and passionate fans in the world. While sports fans may know the most basic facts about their team, or movie fans may know the director of their favorite film, gamers know the developer, director, producer, publisher, composer and just about everything else there is to know about their favorite games.

However, there is a fine line between healthy fandom and unhealthly obsession. Some of these people, such as the fellow who has both Mario and Luigi tatt...

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"Sometime during September, a gallery took place that I admit I never heard of. The "Out of Controller" exhibition in Australia. Entries were designed to win prizes of cash and a chance to give a game idea to Nintendo Australia. The theme was basically the name of the exhibit, you can see all the lovely Nintendo characters outside the realm of their games."

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Those NES games were the real deal back in the day. thezengeek.com covers 21 of the most epic endings, which not surprisingly were some of the best games for the system. From somebody who has never completed Super Mario Bros. 3, it's nice to finally see the princess saved.

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Leave it to the guys over at SomethingAwful to find legitimate learning excercises in non-educcational video games.

On a recent installment of Photoshop Phriday the goons modified the box art in some of their favourite games to highlight the "valuable real world skills they learned"

Check out all of the images after the jump.

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Can you imagine having this on the walls in your house? I can, but I think my fiance would kill me. (Worth it) It is a little bright - but it would adorn my game-room very nicely.

And eventually when I have kids - I'm sure they would get a kick out of it.

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