RIP Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who turned Nintendo into Nintendo
The company’s third president in a century laid the foundation for another hundred years.
Jon Irwin
Grand Theft Auto 5 is the broken, beautiful reflection Los Angeles deserves
Rockstar’s on some Joan Didion shit right now.
Rayman Legends is a gloriously unpredictable mess
You will tickle and be tickled.
Outlast’s developer tells us how it plays off of the realest terror of them all: adulthood
Red Barrels co-founder Philippe Morin talks about the survival horror game’s surprising aesthetic inspirations.
What does it mean when huge companies talk about indie games?
Everybody’s paying lip service to indie developers, for better or worse.
Nintendo wants to be the Pied Piper to the world’s 5- and 6-year-olds
Nintendo made the 2DS because they love you. So let’s dial back the malice, a little bit.
Ducktales: Remastered has a shiny exterior. But what’s underneath it?
Wayforward resurrects the golden age, sorta.
Do videogame plumbers dream of electric pipes?
How Mario & Luigi: Dream Team connects humor and dream logic.
Is Animal Crossing the dark future of our virtual economy?
Better hide those Bitcoins in your mattress.
In defense of Phil Fish and ragequitters everywhere
The Fez 2 creator is in good company.
Pikmin 3 is an adorable lesson on famine and death
With Pikmin 3, Nintendo survives another day.
Are sequels killing creativity in independent games?
When life gives you lemons, why make Lemons 2?
Attack of the Friday Monsters!: A Tokyo Tale captures the joy and terror of a childhood day
Kaz Ayabe knows what it’s like to be a kid.
Animal Crossing is Nintendo’s clandestine answer to Facebook
Has the insidious bug of social networking wormed its way into Animal Crossing: New Leaf?
Review: New Super Luigi U will make you strive for greatness-and punish you for it
Luigi climbs up and up despite the hand-me-downs.
Is there any personal problem that’s "ungameable"?
At the 9th annual Games for Health conference, the macro becomes the micro.
Game & Wario is a schizophrenic mess of wonderful
Sixteen nesting dolls of mini games make this a dizzying madhouse that you’ll love to get lost in
Remember Me forgets what it’s for
The road to hell is paved with good intentions—and Neo-Parisian cyberpunk
Portal’s Kim Swift charts new territory with OUYA launch
Can Airtight Games’ creative director forge another hit?
With Microsoft’s 180, we’re all stuck looking backwards
Why we’re not ready for what Redmond had in mind
Listen up for Food Opera-a live, sonic & interactive dinner
Ben Houge wants to change the way you eat, one beat at a time.
Ignore the doomsayers. There’s nothing wrong with Nintendo.
Why Nintendo doesn’t need to “show up” at the biggest videogame conference of the year.
The Starship Damrey and Hiversaires rekindle the power of ignorance
Good things happen when games stop holding your hand.
Can new tech improve Resident Evil Revelations and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D?
Two recent reboots attempt to adapt.
Why are badgers "magical animals" in Sweden? Might & Delight explains.
Swedish developer Might & Delight lives up to its name with its next outdoor excursion.