It’s incredible what you can do with some beads, a camera, and a whole lot of talent, as we discovered when we first watched this incredible stop-motion video. In it, Super Mario Bros‘ pint-sized hero Luigi progresses through the “bedroom” level, traversing pipes and stomping on enemies before coming face-to-face with the final boss.
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