Pocket Mario

I've always been quite sensitive to certain types of friction. (I considered writing that sentence 10 different…

Kotaku is proud to present an excerpt from Nintendo Magic: Winning the Videogame Wars, by Japanese reporter Osamu…

Groups of massively multiplayer online gamers from around the world band together to form...unions. No, wait, stay…

The most common email response I received to my previous column ("Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore") was a perplexed…

Thinking about buying a new Nintendo DSi today? Think again. Nintendo of America is making the purchase of the…

In the beginning, I played video games. And, often, I played the role of God.

Laugh your ass off as you kill Pygmies and blast baddies with noseballs in Pocket God and Doodle Jump; possibly the…

Until PAX East kicked in Nintendo's new handhelds - the upcoming 3DS and the arrival of the DSi XL - told the tale…

Arcades hold a very special place in my heart.

You collect coins. You then use those coins to get extra lives or buy things. Get used to it, because that's the way…