Hey, look, it's the main stream media covering video games. Crazy, I know.
This piece on ABCNews.com is a good, if basic, look back at the history of everybody's favorite Italian plumber and Shigeru Miyamoto, the designer behind Mario, and current President of Nintendo.
And, in case you didn't grow up in the 80's, I embedded a Mario commercial so that you can see the awesomeness that was that decade.