Mothmen 1966 review
A lurid 60’s West Virginia, paved in pixels, beckons you to Mothmen 1966, like a human to fine interactive fiction.
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards comes to Nintendo Switch next week
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards will be available for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass next week.
Metroid Dread has sold really, really well
Metroid Dread becomes the best selling game in the 36-year-old franchise.
Gotta Protectors: Cart of Darkness Review
Gotta Protectors: Cart of Darkness, the long-overdue sequel to Protect Me Knight and Gotta Protectors is... well, it's a lot. But in a really good way.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land Review
Is Kirby and the Forgotten Land a memorable first foray into 3D for the adorable pink sphere?
In About an Elf, you can ride a domestic cat into ‘RPG-ish’ battle
In our discovery section, we like to uncover weird indie games. But "visual-novel-ish" RPG About an Elf might be a bit too odd, even for us.
Surreal web cartoon Tux and Fanny makes for a sublime video game
In one day I went from not knowing a thing about Tux and Fanny to proclaiming it the best video game of 2021. Yes, with three months still left to go.
Night Call Nintendo Switch review
Get in the taxi. We need to talk about Night Call on Nintendo Switch.
We ranked every fictional video game in The Simpsons
We ranked every fictional video game featured in The Simpsons. Why? Because lockdown does funny things. It changes you.
The 10 greatest Nintendo references in The Simpsons
Here's a list of the 10 most perfectly cromulent Nintendo references In The Simpsons. We hope it embiggens your spirit in these dark times.
Desert Island Games: Shaun Roopra (The Dangerous Kitchen)
Desert Island Games: the hypothetical stranding of a beloved video game or industry personality, and which games they would choose to keep themselves sane. This time, it’s Shaun Roopra of The Dangerous Kitchen.
Between you and Mii or Why I love Miitomo
When Miitomo released earlier in March this year, a colleague put it to me that the only reason I like Miitomo was because it was made by Nintendo.
EarthBound: O’ Mother 3, where art thou?
All the signs point to Mother 3 coming to the West but should we be excited?
EarthBound: A boy’s best friend is his Mother
Forget About the Brotherly and Other-ly Love, Motherly Love in Earthbound is just the thing for you.
Splatoon: Spla Tzu’s The Art of Turf War
The first casualty of turf war is innocence
DS@10: Electroplankton
Electroplankton isn’t strictly a game.
DS@10: A Visual Novel Mixtape
Nintendo’s DS was a powerhouse—a juggernaut even—selling more than the Gameboy and becoming a major catalyst in expanding the gaming population.
Wario: Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish
The game manual for Wario Land 4 used to be permanently lodged in my pocket, so I could draw Wario whenever and wherever I wanted.
Killer Is Dead: Life is very long, when you’re lonely
The unanimous hated spread for Grasshopper Manufacture and Suda51’s Killer Is Dead is alike the kiss of death; it hurls across a horrifying message that cautions not to tread differently, not to experiment, and not to have an identity.
Deadly Premonition: From ‘So Bad it’s Good’ to ‘Life is Beautiful’
Twin Peaks. Bizarre. Humorous. Open-world. Survival-horror. Divisive. Cult game. So bad it’s good.