Time to learn how much the gold coins in ‘Super Mario Bros’ are worth

Matt Hawkins Contributing Writer, Video Games

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This 5-minute plus YouTube video on how much Super Mario Bros gold coins are worth is, swear to God, the most fascinating thing you’ve ever seen.

Upon first viewing the clip above, your attitude for the first few seconds might be “who the hell are these dorks?” Was for me. But around the 50-second mark, you’ll suddenly find yourself going “oh my God, this guy is seriously tackling the issue!”

And it’s all uphill from there. Everything from rationalizing how big and heavy an in-game coin might be, to calculating the net value of human life, and the head’s up on a website that calculates how much you would be worth on the black market. All in just the first two minutes!