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I Booted Up a Six-Year-Old ‘Breath of the Wild’ Save and Tried to Understand My Past Self
I was able to track my own past, including my past failures, by the crumbs of digital evidence I’d left behind.
‘Metroid Prime Remastered’ Is a Proud Celebration of Letting Older Games Stay Feeling Old
What is Metroid, if not asking the player to take a leap of faith on themselves? A game about tension and isolation has maintained that feeling.
‘World’s Biggest Troll Collab’ Is Ready for Nintendo to Ban Their Mario Maker Levels
Nintendo has a fraught relationship with its more hardcore players, which is why their upcoming stunt is basically a ticking time bomb.
The Newest Kirby Game Doesn’t Judge How You Play
A perfect game for a dad wanting a chill time, but a kid still learning video games needing an even chiller time.
Valve’s Steam Deck Is the Anti-Switch, a Handheld That Actually Trusts You
Steam Deck broadens the definition of “PC gamer,” making it less about how much you spent on a GPU and more about PC gaming’s other benefit: freedom.
Man Who Lived in Small Apartment Owes Nintendo $14.5 Million
Gary Bowser was recently sentenced to over 3 years in prison and ordered to pay millions to Nintendo for what his lawyers say was a relatively minor role in a Nintendo Switch piracy ring.
How Video Games Brought Together the Victims of a Tragic Fire Accident
Video games proved a connective tissue in the hospital, and that persisted out of it, too.
Inside the Wild World of Australian 'Super Smash Bros.' Tournaments
“I want to become number one in Australia, and then number one in the world.”
How a Solo Developer from Detroit Landed in Nintendo's Spotlight
Neil "Aerial_Knight" Jones never expected to be a role model for Black game developers, but sometimes, life takes a turn.
This 4K, 70-Inch Nintendo Switch Is Much Harder to Lose
A maximized 65-pound Nintendo Switch, complete with working buttons, came to life after a hardware builder known for his tiny computer mods tried a new tactic.
The Quiet Horror of ‘Fatum Betula’ Harkens Back to a Classic Era of Games
The earliest 3D games were mysterious, weird, and often hostile to players. There’s no hand holding here.
The Flawed 'Sea of Solitude' Has a Director's Cut, And It's Basically a New Game
Most developers take the lessons of game development into the next project. But what if you had a chance to do it all over again?