Inside the programming tool designed to get more girls into coding
If Instagram is buying a sweater, Vidcode is learning to knit.
Jon Irwin
How Crossy Road updates the timeless appeal of Frogger
The hit mobile game is about more than crossing roads.
Super Smash Bros. finds more tricks to play on Wii U
Back to the lab.
Nintendo has ripped open a transdimensional wormhole and nothing is safe
We ponder the implications of Link in Mario Kart.
Woah Dave! is simple, compulsive and sinister
The arcade as muse.
On Nintendo’s new sleep monitor
Or: Does Mario dream of electric cheep-cheeps?
Fantasy Life romanticizes the small things
In the end, though? Dragons.
Four Things I Learned While Writing a Book about Super Mario Bros. 2
Lessons from the frontline of Nintendo lore.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS is not a videogame-it’s a galaxy
How deep will you get sucked in?
Hyrule Warriors plays rough with your childhood
In which the pinata refills itself.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is a trip through stolen time
On finding your way home.
The curious evolution of Nintendo’s new "amiibo"
Nintendo has always made games with heart; now they’re making toys with souls.
Pushmo World offers great puzzling, but the Wii U deserves more
A legacy of missed potential?
Nintendo comes out swinging
Thoughts on Nintendo’s E3 “Digital Event.”
Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails is a cat-person masterpiece
Less “knocking things off ledges,” more “shooting things in outer space.”
Two5six: a day of videogames and culture and werewolves and donuts
You should’ve been there.
The creativity of building a soundscape; or, fighting over songbirds
The subjectivity of sound.
Mario Kart 8: a review in four dimensions
Back and forth we go.
How the rules of social games are creeping into the real world
The subtle progress of gamification.
The secret to social game success: sound
Dr. Karen Collins on gaming’s unheard triumphs.
Nintendo layers on the zaniness in Mario Golf: World Tour
Also discussed: Golf (the NES game).
Flappy Bird and the rise of the accidental social game
How 2013’s surprise hit heralds a new type of success.
VR, the new arcade, and the presence-crisis of videogames
The most “immersive” game at PAX East was a 30-year-old sit-down tennis game.
Will wearables overcome the hideous history of videogame peripherals?
From the Power Glove to the Oculus Rift, gaming wearables are defined by unwearableness.
Beyond Candy Crush Saga: the new wave of mobile videogames
Creating three seconds of perfection.