A Super Mario Bros. corn maze flattens the competition
“My neighboring farmer made a pretty sweet corn maze this year.” With those 11 simple words, Reddit user RadioActiveLobster drastically undersold the sheer spectacle of what might be the single most gloriously unnecessary achievement of the week: a massive, eight-acre maize labyrinth at Stoughton Farm in Newark Valley, New York, bearing the likenesses of Mario, Luigi, Toad, Yoshi, and Princess Peach from Nintendo’s ever-popular Mario franchise. Were it not for the presence of Yoshi, this could be considered a cast reunion for 1985’s seminal Super Mario Bros., but the adorable, undersized dinosaur technically didn’t debut until 1990’s Super Mario World. Spike-covered antagonist Bowser is also conspicuous by his absence here. But these are quibbles. The important thing here is that five iconic, beloved video game characters have received a rare tribute in the form of a portrait so large it can only be properly seen from the vantage point of a drone, helicopter, or hot-air balloon. This is beyond flattery. It borders on some kind of pagan worship.