About this episode
The episode explores whether Mario truly feels pain or if his reactions are deceptive.
For YEARS we may have been fooled by the plumber in red's reaction to pain. Does he actually feel it, or was it all a ruse? Today we find out the true answer!
People in this episode
Host: Game Theory
Topics covered
- pain perception
- video game characters
- Mario
- game mechanics
- theory analysis
Keywords
- Mario
- pain
- video games
- game theory
- character analysis
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