With Sony and Microsoft set to reveal and/or release their next big systems into a strange and fragmented landscape, Nintendo knew they had to get creative. So they did what any self-respecting entertainment company must do: They devised a giant metal ball that shoots lightning to the tune of Super Mario Bros. Okay, Nintendo has nothing to do with the latest cover of Koji Kondo’s timeless goomba-bopping riff. But a creation by University of South Florida students reminds us how deeply the love of games can be integrated into our life’s true projects and passions. – – – Student-run X-Labs…