Super Block Jump

I’ve played four of Nintendo’s big E3 2013 games and I’m still undecided whether to be excited or disappointed.…

The headlines around the world about Sean Smith last year were mostly about how he left this Earth. But this is a…

My enthusiasm for 2011 puzzle game Pushmo was borderline unprofessional. Also: nearly irrational.

I'm not proud of it, of course, but I've profiled others according to skin color. You see, glowing, primary color…

In 2006 Nintendo released New Super Mario Bros.—the first big 2D Mario title since the SNES' Super Mario World 2:…

Some things in this universe are constant. Death, taxes. Slow buses when you're late. And the fact that Mario is…

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

A long time ago, the combat in Japanese role-playing games was extraordinarily simple. Classic turn-based RPGs would…

Nintendo is talking about Wii U and we are here to listen. Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo and I are sitting…

The Wii U does not give the immediately-wonderful first impression that the world-famous Wii did. But after having…