New Super Mario Bros. 2 is worth every last coin.
A million reasons why Mario’s latest might just be his greatest yet.
Jon Irwin
Some Fling
The new catapult game Wreckateer for Xbox 360 uses Kinect to let you load and launch rocks into castles. How do you mess this up?
Nintendo’s Power
Nintendo’s new gaming console, the Wii U, has already been dismissed by gaming experts and fans. Is their skepticism warranted, or are they missing the forest for the trees of Hyrule? Jon Irwin thinks the latter.
Cloud of War
If we must tangle with our enemies, can we laugh with them too? Nintendo’s new Kid Icarus: Uprising soars through a cloud of action, wit, and self-reference—all at once.
In Search of Gaming’s Worst
One of our favorite pieces from the vault. Dave Carter began the Computer and Video Game Archive at the University of Michigan. But this isn’t your typical archive of gaming’s greatest. It seeks out the forgotten and worst bits of gaming, too—the Philips CD-i, the Atari 7800 controller, the doll tha