The Philosophical Arts
This student of Socrates showed us in The Republic that he's not all fun-and-games when it comes to politics.
Plato
After arriving on the tropical Isle Delfino, Mario and friends find some paint-based trouble in paradise in this GameCube release.
Super Mario Sunshine
Nestled right around the center of Europe's highly-developed "Blue Banana" region, this little Grand Duchy is the smallest of the Low Countries.
Luxembourg
Portrayed by Michael Richards, this man is Jerry's eccentric goofball neighbor and friend on the show Seinfeld.
Cosmo Kramer
This 1999 critter-collector, replete with fairies and minigames, is played entirely on a website.
Neopets
Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese figure of legend, is considered the father of this philosophy emphasizing effortlessness and simplicity.
Taoism
This toothy fiend will lunge at Mario if he gets too close to his post.
Chain-Chomp
In accord with 1800's Acts of Union, the British flag fuses the flags of these three constituent countries.
England, Scotland, and Ireland
Flourishing from the 1960s to the 1980s, this comedian was beloved for his self-deprecating humor. As his catchphrase goes: "I don't get no respect!".
Rodney Dangerfield
This alien race joined the Alliance with the release of World of Warcraft's first expansion pack, The Burning Crusade.
Draenei
This medieval Catholic priest and saint wove together Christian thought and the pre-Christian work of Aristotle in the unfinished compendium Summa Theologica.
Thomas Aquinas
Hold your nose! Mario and Luigi are in the sewers facing off against shellcreepers, sidesteppers, and fighterflies in this 1983 release.
Mario Bros.
This sea in the northeast, territory of the medieval Hanseatic League, has historically been a hub of Norse and Russian activity.
Baltic Sea
Ever the sweet-tooth, Sam Hyde can be found in a 2015 YouTube video contemplating how many of these chocolate-covered peanuts to purchase.
Goobers
Published by Microsoft, this 2001 release tasks the player with building and running a commercial collection of animal exhibits.
Zoo Tycoon
This German's influencees - Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche - developed philosophies whose followers met at Stalingrad 111 years after his death.
Georg Hegel
The Koopalings, Bowser's kids' wack-pack crew who officer the Koopa Troop, are headed by this classically-inspired, blue-haired rascal.
Ludwig von Koopa
Long host to the Knights Hospitaller crusader order, the people of this small Mediterranean archipelago speak a language descended from Arabic.
Malta
It's in this 1979 Douglas Adams novel that we learn that the answer to life, the universe and everything is... 42? If you don't know the book, don't panic!
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
This 2023 indie title, inspired by the Wario Land series, is a platformer set in a wacky cartoon world of Italian cooking.
Pizza Tower
The work of this twentieth-century Austrian philosopher of logic and language was posthumously published as Philosophical Investigations.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
This San Jose native behind Mario's cheery Italian affect lent his voice to several Mushroom Kingdom characters for over thirty years.
Charles Martinet
Although Wales and Cornwall rest on a more-prestigiously-named land, this relatedly-Celtic region of France is not to be underestimated!
Brittany
Before starting his vulgarly-titled podcast, Nick Mullen wrote hundreds of satirical articles for Thought Catalog under this gender-bending pseudonym.
Nicole Mullen
In 2010, Maxis's Spore collaborated with Dr. Pepper to release this promotional set of parts with which to adorn the player's creature creations.
Bot Parts