Mario Is Missing!

Luigi is the patron saint of the disrespected.

The name of his first game is Mario is Missing.

His defining characteristic is coward.

Luigi's weapon is a glorified antique vacuum cleaner.

I am your host, Chris Plante, and today we celebrate the Luigi season by giving the green-suited plumber the love and the respect that he deserves.

an unabridged history of Luigi.

My guest, Drew Mackie, is the closest the world has to a tenured scholar in the history of Mario's brother.

Alongside his life as a podcaster, Mackey runs thrilling tales of old video games where he has penned histories like Waluigi's Wikipedia Weirdness and What is the Etymology of a Power-Up? He's not only a brilliant game historian, he is just a delightful person to chat with.

There used to be, when I was a child, there was a building you could go to and rent video games.

And one of the video games I rented as a child was Mario is Missing.

And I thought Mario is Missing...

Okay, so yeah, this is getting highly, highly specific.

That's why this isn't going to go on the main channel.

Yes,

and Mario is missing.

You see, you play this game, and you think, this is going to be a Mario game.

Super

Mario Brothers watch line in 1990, where he's using a shield to block hammers or something.

That's

a very important part of his lore, actually, yeah.

And yeah, excited to get into it.

Luigi's Mansion.

Mario! Luigi!

This is a special game, I think.