Falling Flower

During my first 25 years playing video games I had no theory about what makes a video game good. I knew the good…

You are working on a new Super Mario Bros. game. You have a new idea for a Mario power-up, something that could be…

What do you want out of a video game? What should you hold against a video game, and what should you let slide?

When resourceful fans discovered
an exploit showing how to rack up hundreds of extra lives in Super Mario 3DS, some…

I recently heard from a reader who didn't understand what was wonderful about The Legend of Zelda games. I tried to…

You can jump over the flagpole in Super Mario 3D Land. Nothing special happens.

Along with Epic's announcement of Chair's upcoming iOS sequel Infinity Blade 2 came the reveal that novelist Brandon…

I played Nintendo's Wii U earlier this week, the exciting successor to the Wii that not only plays a lot like the…

The Quantum Thief, released in the UK last year and in the U.S. this month, is a heist story set in a future of…

Autumn leaves fall. A cup of coffee cools near a window in the winter. And Ian Bogost has done something risky. He's…