There was a time when video games were pretty controversial, with every news show saying that playing a game of Pokemon would turn you from an innocent, doe-eyed youth into a violent, doe-eyed killing machine. But somehow the Mario games never seemed to be too controversial, even though they managed to get some pretty messed-up messages subtly communicated to kids across the world. Maybe we should think twice before letting children play with fat, stereotypically-depicted plumbers who spend all day killing turtles…

Check out 4 Things That Should Have Made Mario Controversial, here!

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It’s not hard to imagine why the geniuses at MTV thought that turning the College Humor website into a TV show was a good idea. The site is very solid — has been for years — and the original skits they’ve been creating hit more times than not. MTV is starved for non-reality programming, and with a history of airing shows like Human Giant and Wundershowzen, likes to think of itself as a promoter of ‘cutting edge’ of new comedy. (more…)

When the insanity that is Guitar Hero on “expert” gets too much to play on the guitar, it’s time to take matters into your own hands. Like this guy, who made a custom MIDI drum pad specifically for Guitar Hero 3. Here he is playing “Through the Fire and Flames” on the drums. It also helps if you’re a ridiculously good drummer – insane! [CollegeHumor]

Josh Abramson and Ricky Van Veen were two typical college students in 1999 when they decided to harness the power of the Web. Forget file sharing, competing with Microsoft or Napster; these guys just wanted to collect all the crap that was floating around their school’s computer networks and showcase it for the world.

Their end result, CollegeHumor.com, is genius in it simplicity: it’s links to funny web sites, stupid videos, a few (very funny) columns and some weird/hot/bizarre photos, submitted by students. ‘We thought, if you’re a college student, you could either write for your school paper and have a thousand people see it, or you could have roughly a million people see it,’ says Van Veen, who now oversees his staff in New York City.

With more than nine million visitors hitting their site every month, the two co-founders sat down with CO-ED to share their vision. (more…)

Back-to-School Essential Student Know-How

Students going back to school can be overwhelmed with new responsibilities, party obligations, and piles of homework. The HackCollege team has compiled our essential tips for going back to school. Read on to find out how to hack everything from beer pong to class registration. [Life Hacker]

Stanford’s “Autonomous” Helicopters Teach Themselves To Fly

Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers.

The result is an autonomous helicopter than can perform a complete airshow of complex tricks on its own. [Stanford.edu]

The Ten Commandments of College

Student was searching for divine inspiration. Student walked high on the mountain of knowledge and came across God. Student asked God how to live life as a college kid should. And God said unto him, follow these Ten Commandments and you shall be all a college kid is. And Student thanked God and it was good. And Student spread the Ten Commandments of College to all. [College Humor]

Since comedy duo Jake and Amir are rumored to be signing a deal with MTV, we figured it would be prime time to post a “Hardly Working” clip:

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