Picture it: It's Mario Kart night with your friends----you don't know what the night will behold, but you do know one thing; who you will be. And fuck anyone who dare take your character in this holiest of games for any video-game night amongst friends. (You know what I mean)In this episode of the Nerd-E Bird-E Podcast, Lauren is joined by her best friend Yas attempt to understand the complexities behind why we develop such hardcore loyalties for the video game characters we love, while playing a couple of rounds of Mario Kart 8 on the air. Because duh. SPOILER: We both habitually pick the same character. So there's that LOL