Episode 128 - Super Mario Kart

About this episode

In this episode, Chris and guest Burg discuss the origins of the Super Mario Kart franchise.

I'm running late this month but another episode of Afterglow races onto the track, this time joined by Burg from the Secret Levels discord server! Join in as we discuss the genesis of one of Nintendos biggest franchises. Check out the Afterglow linktree which has discord, patreon, and merch links as well as links to friends of the show at ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Leathco⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Secret Levels⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Intro and outro music by: Grim from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Lost and Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grim Glow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .

People in this episode

Host: Chris Leathco

Guest: Burg

Topics covered

• Super Mario Kart
• Nintendo franchises
• retro gaming
• video game history
• gaming communities

Keywords

• Super Mario Kart
• Nintendo
• retro gaming
• video games
• gaming history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nintendo, Secret Levels, The Lost and Gone, Grim Glow

Books & works: Super Mario Kart

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