Super Mario World

The Game Boy is so iconic it’s transcended the limitations of its hardware to become something more than just an old…

Behold: A 1982 Montgomery Ward boombox that reels cassette tape and translates invisible signals broadcast over the…

Earlier this week, Chasm, the years-in-development action-adventure platformer inspired by games like Super Castlevan…

The most recent issue of Weekly Famitsu polled 6,678 non-Japanese people, asking their opinions about Japanese video…

In the first years of my career as a games writer, I got used to a certain reaction from my parents’ friends when…

I play action games, RPGs, puzzle games, adventure games, and games from pretty much every other genre. But the…

In this first episode of a new Kotaku video series called Complete In Box, I take a look at a complete copy of one…

If you’re into games yourself, playing video games with kids can be one of the great joys of parenthood (or…

I try to play Super Mario Bros. 2 every spring. The game’s bright colors, whimsical level design, and obsession with…

A few years back, traditional games and game hardware were not doing so hot in Japan. That has started to change.