Category: Editorial

The 3D Platformer: How 1996 Witnessed the Birth of a Genre

Nintendo Power Predicted a “Pokémon Trade War” in 1998

Super Mario 64 Was Ultra Game Player Magazine’s 1996 Game of the Year

How Gamers Took Screenshots in the 90s

Mega Man 2’s Box Art Explained by Artist Marc Ericksen

Video Game Box Art Documentary Lands on Kickstarter

The Strange and Wonderful World of Atari Box Art

The Dungeons & Dragons Panic of the 1970s and 1980s Is Tackled in This Retro Report Video

This Game Boy Pocket Ad Is Seriously Distracting (and Seriously Disturbing)

Baen Software Rose and Fell While Barely Making a Sci-Fi Splash

The Legend of Zelda 30th Anniversary – Celebrate with Us

For Video Games, 2015 Felt Like 1995 All Over Again

An Illustrated History of Mega Man Box Art

Crash Bandicoot Starred In the “Worst” Ad of 1998

My Gender Dysphoria: “Damsel in Distress” and “Hero Gets the Girl”

EGM Weighs in on Harvest Moon, “Cow Teats,” and “Human Discrimination”

This Nintendo Power Mario Redesign Is Pure 2005

A Link to the Past and the Mystery of Link’s Missing Pants

Can We Stop with the “Samus Is Trans” Thing?

This Game Stinks: How Nintendo’s Marketing Failed EarthBound

Super Mario Bros. Levels Were Originally Sketched Out on Graph Paper

Rare Announces Classic Games Collection for Xbox One

N64 and the Miraculous Success of Expensive Toys

ToeJam & Earl’s Greg Johnson Gets Hit with the “Love Hose”

Talking ToeJam & Earl with Greg Johnson – Part 3: Drugs

Talking ToeJam & Earl with Greg Johnson – Part 2: How Race Affected Doki Doki Universe

Talking ToeJam & Earl with Greg Johnson – Part 1: Developing a Beloved Game Franchise

Is BioShock Art?

Eurogamer Is Correct That Game Reviews Are Broken, but Removing the Score Is Not the Solution

The Controller Conundrum: Gaming with a Third Hand