The Mount Rushmore of Nintendo Part Four: Satoru Iwata
There are many people who’ve made Nintendo the giant it is today. Join us as we take the next four weeks to dive into the...
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The Mount Rushmore of Nintendo Part Three: Shigeru Miyamoto
There are many people who’ve made Nintendo the giant it is today. Shigeru Miyamoto is, without a doubt, the most famous developer to ever work...
The Mount Rushmore of Nintendo Part Two: Gunpei Yokoi
There are many people who’ve made Nintendo the giant it is today. Join us as we take the next four weeks to dive into the...
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The Mount Rushmore of Nintendo Part One: Hiroshi Yamauchi
There are many people who’ve made Nintendo the giant it is today. Join us as we take the next four weeks to dive into the...
Quality as Good As the Paper It’s Printed On: ‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’ Retrospective
A retrospective on 'Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door' 15 years later and the influence it had on the video game industry....
Beyond Pen and Paper: Ranking the ‘Paper Mario’ Series
What is the best Paper Mario game? Often praised for their quality, as well as their spectacular writing, the Paper Mario games have provided some of the...
My Love-Hate Relationship with Super Mario Bros. 3
The first time I ever played–nay laid eyes upon–Super Mario Bros. 3, it was courtesy of a friend of mine who had the courage to...
Interview with John Staats, First-Level Designer for ‘World of Warcraft’
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with John Staats, first-level designer for the launch version of World of Warcraft....
Most Important Games of the Decade: ‘Fortnite’
Join us all month as our staff looks back at the most influential games of the past decade. This is not a list of our...
“You Got Me a Wii?” Christmas 2008 Revisited
Whether they’re getting a brand-new Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite this year for Christmas, or if they’re getting an addition to their already impressive collection,...
The Transformers: Lessons in Warfare, Scale, and Childhood
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What a Week Without Games Taught Me
I decided to take a week off of gaming. How did it turn out?...
The Good, the Bad, and the Missing in ‘NBA 2K20’ Initial Rankings
After perhaps the craziest free agency in NBA history, 2K Games has released their top twenty player ratings for the upcoming NBA 2K20. Let’s take...
The Technology Behind Nintendo’s Consoles: 2012 – Present
In the final part of a three part series, we dive deep into Nintendo’s design choices for the unfortunate Wii U and record-breaking Switch....
The Technology Behind Nintendo’s Consoles: 2001-2007
The early 2000s marked the end of one era and the beginning of another for Nintendo. How did the company's consoles measure up?...
The Technology Behind Nintendo’s Consoles: 1983-1996
Nintendo has released a bevy of interesting, innovative, and imaginative consoles over the years. The tech behind them deserves a deep dive....
‘Avengers: Endgame’ Fails Thanos
WARNING: EXTENSIVE SPOILERS FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME BELOW Thanos. Remember him? The purple, finger-snapping villain whom Disney spent twenty-two movies setting up? The ultimate evil? The entity...
‘Not Not: A Brain Buster’ Proves that Mobile Games Aren’t Always Terrible
As the indie genre has grown, so has the tendency to overfill games with stories that either don’t match the game’s theme, or whose own...
Switching the Switch: How Nintendo Should Update Their Hardware
Last week, a rumor emerged from the Wall Street Journal [paywall] that Nintendo is planning to update the Switch with two new variants: an upgraded,...
A Month Full of Indies Week Three: ‘Astro Bears Party’ Review
The way I see it, there are three types of party games: those that rely on skill, those that rely on luck, and those that...