Before Mario Blog

I have known for a long time that Nintendo's company roots went back over a hundred years and that before video games they made playing cards.  That was until a buddy of mine introduced me to the awesome blog, Before Mario.  I found this blog to be so informative, so essential that I have given it permanent presence under the "Other Sites that Rock," section which appears on the far right.  You would be doing yourself a great injustice if you didn't the see the amazing and sometimes wacky things they manufactured.
-kaokensho