For over 30 years, Mario has been entertaining people the world over in some of the best games of all time. With such a long history, theres a mountain of trivia and seemingly useless facts to learn about the franchise. We’ve wasted our lives collecting much of this info, bringing …
Read More »When is it okay to walk away from a game?
“Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances!” That defeatist line was blurted out by the master of human-cyborg relations himself, C-3PO, when he and his cohorts were backed into a corner. And despite his panicked cowardice in that moment, I think the golden droid had a pretty good …
Read More »Super Mario 3D Land interview – We talk with the director about secrets, Tanookis, and Marios future
Earlier this week we were introduced to Koichi Hayashida at his inspiring GDC presentation (opens in new tab), and we could finally attach a face to the name we’d seen in credits for years. Among his accolades, Hayashida began working with Mario on Super Mario Sunshine, continuing to Super Mario …
Read More »Crysis 2 and Modern Warfare 3 named most pirated games of 2011
Crysis 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Battlefield 3 have been named the top three games in 2011, but not in a way that will have Crytek, Infinity Ward, or EA popping champagne any time soon. According to TorrentFreak’s Top 10 Most Pirated Games of 2011 list, Crysis …
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