Blueshell Magnet is blog about Mario Kart. More than that though, it’s a blog that teases the realms of user interface, usability, accessibility, philosophy, game theory, mathematics, marketing, business and video games.

The Mario Kart franchise is my favorite video game series of all time. I love playing all kinds of games in my free time, but the game I will always get impassioned about is Mario Kart. Some people yell at the television while watching sporting events. I yell at the TV when I play Mario Kart.

As Mario Kart continues to evolve I am not always content or accepting of the changes Nintendo has made. Some of the things they have done are drastic improvements over the past games. Other things feel more like a step back. You may notice that many of the topics I write on have a negative tone towards Mario Kart. This is not because I dislike Mario Kart, I love Mario Kart, it is because I feel the game has potential to be better than what it is.

I have an ideal Mario Kart Game in my head. It’s perfect, has all wrinkles ironed out and, well, it’s not done yet.

Another reason I am starting this site is because I am looking for feedback and opinions. I would love to hear your stories about Mario Kart. I would love to hear what you think of my ideas for Mario Kart. I want to hear your ideas, annoyances and opinions. I would love to hear insight into why Nintendo choose to do things they way they did.

I have a number of articles partially written and quite a few more in my head. My goal is to aim for a weekly article release. However, I don’t know how feasible this will be once I start running out of ideas and/or time.

For this reason I have set up the site to allow anyone who registers to be a contributer to the site. So if you would like to share your thoughts you are welcome to do so. As a contributer you can write posts and submit them for publishing. I will look over the submissions, edit them as necessary (spelling and grammar), and publish them on a regular basis.

I encourage everyone to leave comments as you feel necessary. I am always open to feedback and opinions.

And thus begins: Blueshell Magnet

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