Facebook hackathon gives Super Mario millennial touch


  • TECH
  • Monday, 03 Aug 2015

Renewed appeal: (l-r) Facebook workers Lizzy Donahue, Lola Alli, and Amanda Maler of team "Move Fast and Brick Things

MENLO PARK, United States: Amanda Maler wasn’t even born yet when Nintendo’s beloved Super Mario made his debut 30 years ago. 

But, the playfully heroic videogame character became fodder for fierce rivalry between Maler and her brother as children and she pounced on a chance to create a Facebook-infused level during a two-day hackathon at the social network’s headquarters in the Silicon Valley city of Menlo Park. 

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