Mario, the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, has happily kept Bowser’s forces from beating down your front door. He has bounced on the heads of more bad guys than Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Bruce Wayne, or ...

In this series of articles we'll write about one Mario game every day for 30 days, each representing a different year as part of our Super Mario 30th Anniversary celebrations. To paraphrase the great ...

This obscure Mario villain hasn’t appeared in decades.

With Mario Kart 7 coming out on December 4th for the 3DS, you just knew we HAD to do a retrospective on the plumber with a million other jobs. But not all Mario titles are created equal. And instead ...

Mario Kart World is getting a lot of attention for the new features it brings to the classic series, and rightfully so, but it's also steeped in tradition. The standout element of MKW is its unified ...

Video games have come a long way since their inception, to the point where they can sport some truly breathtaking art styles. Ask an art critic their thoughts on video game visuals, and they'll ...

In 1983, Nintendo faced a make-or-break moment. Its first video game system, the Famicom, had just launched in Japan and plans were in motion to bring it to American audiences next. But the move from ...