Game Zoom Max

Game Zoom Max (GZM) is an American comedy web series. The series takes place in Orlando, Florida in present-day America; its main characters are parodies of Nintendo characters. The show heavily satirizes suburban America, the American lifestyle, Internet culture, and social media.

The show was created by Bryan Bluemore, who wrote and directed most of the first season. Originally, the series' location was undetermined. However, in the 2009 episode "The New House", it was revealed that the series was set in Orlando, Florida, which is where the show is filmed. In the early 2010s, the show started to revolve more around Bowser Koopa and his son. Since late 2017, the show has revolved more around Mario and Rosalina Rosso.

Portal Video currently releases the show on its website. The series premiered on February 6, 2008. As of March 17, 2021, the series has run for 594 episodes spanning across 14 seasons. The show won the Greeny Award for Best Comedy Series a record-breaking seven times, and won Best Series in 2018. It also won the Tommy Award for Outstanding Comedy Show in 2015 and 2020, as well as Indie Award for Best Web Series in 2017.

Prehistory
Bryan Bluemore first conceptualized Game Zoom Max in the early 2000s. In early 2006, he produced a short film titled Nintendo in Real Life, which featured Mario and Luigi on the street in Orlando. Bluemore made the short film within two days, and released it on YouTube the day after production was completed.

In 2008, Bluemore met with Portal Video co-founder Joel Nelson and showed him the short film. Nelson praised the short film, and Bluemore pitched a short film based on the series to Nelson, who agreed to produce the series almost instantly.

Series
The series premiered on Portal Video on February 6, 2008 with "Mario's Pen". The first season ended November 21, 2008, and was met with increasingly positive reception. Because of this, production started on a second season, which premiered on January 30, 2009.

The season two premiere, "Game Night", was the last episode of the series to be produced in 4:3 standard-definition. The following episode, "Bowser's Soda", was the first episode to be produced in 1080p 16:9 high-definition.

Following the production of the second season, Joel Nelson stepped down as executive producer and was replaced by Sheen Gordon as executive producer.

The season 14 premiere, "The Taco", was the first episode to be produced and released in 4K Ultra HD.