![]() ![]() Mario as Odysseus is easy to see and his visits to all the strange realms in the game are as fantastical as any of the islands Odysseus encountered. (Really, how does our current “long national nightmare” end? Will we find our way out of this mess or are we, as Fitzgerald concludes in The Great Gatsby, doomed to “beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”?)Ĭertainly, there’s a parallel not just to Gatsby (Mario searching for Peach Gatsby longing for Daisy – both seemingly futile quests) but to Homer’s Odyssey, too. Given the state of our world these days, maybe I’m just burying my head in digital sand (which in Odyssey’s Sand Kingdom level is a nice crimson red), afraid to face the strangeness of what has become our daily reality. Is it a vain, meaningless endeavor on my part? Am I doomed to fail? Or, is there something worthwhile in trying to complete the journey? (Something beyond the thrill of a second childhood). And yet, I persist – playing the role of an old man trying to learn a young man’s game. My nine-year-old son, however, mastered it out of the box as if he were Mario himself – confident, brave, and resolved to defeat Bowser and save Peach no matter how strange or difficult the journey. I must confess, I have no idea how to play Super Mario Odyssey – other games such as Mario Kart, New Super Mario Bros., and Super Mario 3D World fit my skill level, but Odyssey baffles me. ![]() Mario’s Philosophical Odyssey By Edwardo Pérez ![]()
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