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One in Three Nintendo Downloads Are Worth Checking Out This Week
Which of this week’s three downloadable Nintendo games is worth a second glance? I’ll give you a hint: It’s not Carmen Sandiego’s latest math adventure or the poker game. That’s right, it’s… oh damn, you’ve fallen asleep. You look so peaceful when you’re sleeping. I’ll just let you rest there. Maybe tuck a blanket around…
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Kid Icarus: Uprising Flies in the Face of Game Critics’ Expectations
It’s been 21 years since the release of the last original Kid Icarus game. That makes hero Pit old enough to drink. Let’s see if the assembled game reviewers gave him reason to start. Kid Icarus: Uprising takes the original heavenly action-platformer from the NES days and transforms it into a third-person shooter. That sentence…
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Is Super Mario Bros. History’s Greatest Masterpiece of Surrealism?
The surrealism of Super Mario Bros. would seem to be self-evident but, as PBS’ Idea Channel on YouTube says, perhaps it has been around for so long that its non sequiturs are taken for normal. Its wide acceptance (and a catalog of work spanning more than two decades) may make the Super Mario Bros. franchise…
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Mr. Yamauchi, Please Go See the Mariners Play. You Own the Team, After All
The man who made Nintendo into a video gaming giant is warmly regarded in Seattle, and not just because the company’s American headquarters are there. He purchased the Seattle Mariners in 1992, almost certainly saving the team from moving to Florida. But Hiroshi Yamauchi, the third president of Nintendo, has never seen his team play.…
By Owen Good
