An ode to Mario Sunshine, the only true Mario world
Mario’s never been anywhere quite like Isle Delfino.
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Why we love Mario
On three decades of affection and obsession.
The hell of being Mario
The uniquely hellish ramifications of Mario 64’s start screen.
We are all Mario
Understanding the everyman of videogames.
The sound design of an arcade
Chicago’s Bit Bash splits the difference between an art gallery and a music festival.
The NFL is awful. Here’s how Madden could help
The conflict of playing an NFL promotional tool.
PSA: The Hitman movie is another truly awful videogame adaptation
The Hitman movie feels like it was based on the back-cover description of one of the games.
The return of Dishonored
The fiction and function of Arkane’s masterpiece.
Submerged finds boredom at the end of the world
For those who wanted collectibles in their apocalypse: here you go.
Is Deus Ex Human Revolution Truly Transhuman?
Deux Ex envisions a fascinating, half-formed future.
Until Dawn and the "final girl"
Where does Until Dawn fit into the history of slasher flicks?
With its new expansion, Hearthstone is crumbling under its own weight
Long live the arena.
Bros in mourning
Remembering the true legacy of Gears of War.
Until Dawn is a smart riff on horror-movie tropes
Play as a bunch of asshole teens who reenact the past half-century of scary movies.
The Identity of a Fighter
What do fighting games teach us about identity?
Let the Nostalgia Die: C.S. Lewis and the Final Fantasy VII Remake
The consequences of chasing childhood memories.
Seeing red
The tragic prescience of Nintendo’s Virtual Boy
Videogames are afraid of the female body
Examining the complicated relationship between videogames and female nakedness.
The glorious ideas and terrible, terrible puzzles of Cradle
Cradle reminds us why videogames are obsessed with transhumanism
The immortal mystery of Fez’s black monolith
Will we ever truly solve Polytron’s greatest puzzle?
Behind the scenes at a major esports event
What does it take to make the world’s biggest gaming tournaments run?
What Command & Conquer gets wrong about religion
How the venerable strategy series mutates real-world faiths.
Pledge undying loyalty to Kill Screen and get free stuff
We are giving things away and seeking immortality.
The legacy of Metal Gear’s virtual worlds
The upcoming Volume pays tribute to Hideo Kojima’s essential “training” missions.
Making sense of the endless reflections of Her Story
Her Story, explained.