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Notes from Underground
A critical reevaluation of Dig Dug, one of classic arcade gaming’s strangest beauties.
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Four Things I Learned While Writing a Book about Super Mario Bros. 2
Lessons from the frontline of Nintendo lore.
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Super Mario Sunshine, Ecco the Dolphin, and the beaches of videogames
In videogames, life’s a beach until the enemies show up.
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Build your very own (miniature) arcade cabinet
Does it accept regular sized quarters?
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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze returns the series to its 16-bit glory
Depending on your vision, of course.
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Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze simulates a capitalist apocalypse
When getting coins for the hell of it starts to feel sort of wrong.
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Here’s something almost nobody on the planet knows about Nintendo history
Including the author, who has written a freaking book on the subject.
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The New Kings of Kong documentary will make your day
Motherboard has put together a fantastic mini-documentary called The New Kings of Kong, filmed last month in Denver, Colorado, at The Kong Off 3. The heroes and villains from the 2007 feature-length Donkey Kong championship documentary are a distant memory. The diabolical Billy Mitchell and the good-hearted Steve Wiebe have been replaced by the new kings, if that wasn’t already apparent. Allow me to introduce you to the new guys. The current world-record holder is a middle-aged plastic surgeon from Queens. The challenger is a younger weightlifter who does front clap pushups and wants “to beat the crap out of…
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Donkey Kong Country Returns to get 3DS remake, sans control issues
Nintendo has just announced that the truly excellent (and almost ridiculously hardcore) Donkey Kong Country Returns will have a new lease on life, in the form of a 3DS version, due out this summer. It will be in 3D, on a tiny screen, but unless Retro seriously messes with the title, this will also be the definitive version – mostly because it won’t require a Wii-mote to play it on. Let’s talk about controls for a moment. – – – I am the furthest thing from a Wii-hater (or even a motion control hater). I loved all the goofy Wii Sports nonsense, and I…