Be My Princess

Mario’s first portable Game Boy adventure didn't skimp on the catchiness, either

Twenty years ago this month Square released Chrono Cross, a big, beautiful mess of a game bursting at the seams with…

In the late 90’s, amongst a wave of all-new “Games for Girls”, Barbie appeared on CD-ROM for the first time. I was…

The recent “Gigaleak” of Nintendo assets has given us an inside look at the development of some of our favorite…

In June, when the anthropomorphic narrative game Goodbye Volcano High was announced, the first thing my nonbinary…

He came into my office, shadows trailing in behind him like he was being followed by the specter of Death. He was a…

I’m a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but I hadn’t played all the way through its direct sequel…

What do Red Koopa Troopas think about as they’re shuffling back and forth all day on top of platforms? Where do Shy…

In 2000, after a pair of PlayStation games that were more science fiction than swords and sorcery, I wanted a Final…

Early September, 1999. Britney Spears dominated the airwaves, fear of the Y2K bug hung in the air, and my teenage…