A Path to the Princess

Mario may be known for his background as a plumber, or his recent adventure as a body-snatching fashionista, but…

Last fall, Dishonored 2 ripped me right out of my gaming funk. I tore through the game in two days, scouring every…

For the 12th straight year I’ve made a list of the video games I’ve played in the past 12 months. I’ve tweaked the…

There’ve been lots of difficult games in my life. Shining in the Darkness was one of the hardest in my 16-bit era…

For Mario, 3D used to mean freedom. In 1996, Super Mario 64 broke Nintendo’s mascot from the shackles of having to…

Enter the tavern. Bite the plot hook. Go on your righteous journey. Kill the monsters. Fight the boss. Free the…

My childhood friends thought the original The Legend of Zelda for the NES was easy: just gather the eight triforces…

With Nintendo’s motion controllers now into their second decade of life, I find myself… agnostic. I like Wii Sports…

One week after release, the speedrun for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has fallen under one hour thanks to…

You’re four years old, maybe five. Your parents got one of those Nintendos that everyone’s been raving about, along…