Paper Mario World

Automatons can come in many shapes and sizes. You can get giant robots, who will one day rise up and kill us all,…

The first thing that appealed to me about Fez, an independent puzzle platforming game developed by Polytron, was how…

PAX East 2012 is no more. Legions of gamers have returned to their nests. Boston is finally at peace.

Happy birthday, 3DS!

Who controls the story of a video game—its writers or its players?

In today's design-minded edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter DrZaius looks at design elements of ten gaming…

Skyward | NORTH BEND, WA: Wii games at a Nintendo of America distribution center. (Photo: Ted S. Warren | AP)

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