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Disney parks prioritize their details and storytelling, all in the name of making you forget the outside world

The happiest place on earth isn't just becoming prohibitively expensive, it's also stressful just to attend

Yakuza: Like A Dragon is many things: a satire, a melodrama, a business/real estate simulator, and a dungeon-based…

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered is a definitive polish of a beloved game. The visuals in this game are a marked…

When I first played Marvel’s Avengers, I thought it had a fun campaign and some great moments of escapism, but was…

I’ve been taking my time with Ghost of Tsushima. A highlight of my completionist playthrough has been the “Bamboo…

The first time stuntwoman Amy Johnston worked with Naughty Dog, she performed motion capture for Nadine Ross in Uncha…

The Last of Us Part 2 has 14 locked safes scattered throughout its world. In contrast to the rest of the game, where…

I’ve had a difficult two months. I don’t know when I’m teaching again. I’m concerned for my family’s safety. But…

I’ve been playing Super Mario Bros. 3 on my Nintendo Switch lately. It’s been reminding me how the Angry Sun, an…

The Haunted Mansion is one of Disney’s greatest creations. It’s also an unfixable, thematic mess, which is part of…

I’ll make a deal with you, Nintendo: I will promise to buy any console that you release, if you will promise to…

In World 8-3 — the penultimate level of Super Mario Bros. for the NES — Mario makes his final push towards Bowser’s…

Lucy’s relationship to Schroeder was unfulfilling. She craved emotional validation from the one character who was…

Sally, the younger sister of Peanuts’ Charlie Brown, did not perform well in school. She wrote reports the morning…

While playing Super Mario Odyssey, you’ll occasionally come across portraits like the one pictured above.They are…

Charlie Brown is hesitant. Marcie is shy. Lucy is cruel. Schroeder is aloof. But Franklin is just…perfect.

Back in the mid to late-90’s, Naomi Chiba expressed her die-hard Nintendo fan love in the pages of Nintendo Power mag…

The core innovation of Super Mario Odyssey is Mario’s companion, Cappy. Cappy is a hat that can magically possess…

Snoopy’s doghouse is so well-known and recognizable that even when there are no Peanuts characters in the frame, it…