Mario Kart 8 has been out long enough for players to put every possible vehicle combination through the wringer. So now that we've all taken a few laps around Rainbow Road, I have to ask: what do you think the best build is? » 7/17/14 7:00pm Thursday 7:00pm

So far, 2014 has felt like a year of surprises. Some of them have been good while others—like the growing crop of games that have been pushed to next year—are bummers. But, there've been standouts among the games that have come out. Let's talk about them, shall we? » 7/01/14 12:20pm 7/01/14 12:20pm

For most portable video games, you're not being particularly brave when you play them out in meatspace. The button-pressing and D-pad-pushing is fairly surreptitious in the vast majority of on-the-go titles; you can play without making too much of a spectacle of yourself. But other games make you look like an idiot… » 1/29/14 5:00pm 1/29/14 5:00pm

Every year there are bound to be some Christmas-spirit-raising gifts and a few well-intentioned duds. So we'd like to know...what'd you get? Best and worst gifts? Did you send someone one of our gift guides as a helpful nudge? Or maybe you bought someone something so perfect you just have to share? Here's your venue… » 12/25/13 1:00pm 12/25/13 1:00pm

There's nothing like a good, solid emotional breakdown to really liven up your day. And when it happens in a video game? Even better. » 12/03/13 1:00pm 12/03/13 1:00pm

Our attitudes towards games are very rarely cut and dry. Even in a wonderful, perfectly engineered game, you can still have lingering doubts. Likewise, you can fall in love with a game that is broken, yet does something very special. » 11/28/13 9:00pm 11/28/13 9:00pm

Over the last couple of weeks, lots of people have added one or even two new gaming consoles to the space under their TVs. As a result, some reorganization has been required. Where the hell are we supposed to fit all these black boxes? » 11/25/13 7:00pm 11/25/13 7:00pm

New Pokémon games means new Pokémon designs—that's practically a given. The real question is, are they any good?
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The wonderful thing about the cars in Grand Theft Auto is that they're almost almost almost copyright violations of the coolest cars on the road, so let's ID every last influence on the new batch of GTA V vehicles. » 9/18/13 9:40am 9/18/13 9:40am

To be clear, this isn't a Mega evolved version of Bidoof, although it should be. It's just a meme that was created by That Splicing Adventure; Bidoof mashed with every (other?) legendary in the Pokemon games. Glorious, yes, but probably not something Game Freak would ever make a reality. Unfortunately! » 8/09/13 8:00pm 8/09/13 8:00pm

Mixing old video game sprites with real life is not one of the most difficult artforms, but if you're creative enough the results can be immensely atmospheric, just as the latest pieces from deviantART user Victor Sauron show. » 7/31/13 5:15pm 7/31/13 5:15pm

Yesterday's gameplay trailer for Grand Theft Auto V revealed a lot about the game, including the map and all the activities we can do in addition to the main story. Since the whole map is open from the beginning, unlike the previous games, there will be a lot to tempt us away from the main game (even if we don't know… » 7/10/13 5:00pm 7/10/13 5:00pm

Every summer there's a video game dead zone, a break between the games of spring and the deluge of the fall. Lately it's seemed as though that dead zone is getting shorter and shorter. But it arrives each year nonetheless. » 7/01/13 7:00pm 7/01/13 7:00pm

Unless you're reading this on a cell phone or tablet, you're staring at a monitor right now. They are glowing portals that take us to work and play every day. What does your window to the digital world look like? » 7/01/13 11:30am 7/01/13 11:30am

Come on and slam! In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, our actions and the reactions of the animal citizens can trigger some pretty terrific dialogue. Managing our town wouldn't be the same without these characters and their rather interesting personalities. » 6/27/13 9:00pm 6/27/13 9:00pm

They say you can tell a lot about a person based on how they decorate a room. And if you're playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf, you're gonna have a lot of rooms to decorate. Let's share, shall we? » 6/20/13 1:00pm 6/20/13 1:00pm

For me, probably the funniest thing during last week's E3 was the reveal trailer of Smash Bros. for the Wii U and all the hilarity that followed. The internet picked up that poor villager character from Animal Crossing quickly, which was followed by crazy fictional character intro screens that have taken on a life of… » 6/17/13 12:30pm 6/17/13 12:30pm