"The Internet was for everyone; anybody could have their own space on the web and put whatever they liked up, for free! Now, like in much of life, free spaces are pretty much all gone, and everything ...

A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

There is so much to love about Dell's new XPS 14, it's hard for me to discuss it without sounding like a total fanboy. Its new design makes it incredibly thin and light. And Intel's Panther Lake chips ...

The hero of Mario Vargas Llosa’s “I Give You My Silence” (FSG, 256 pages, $28)—the final novel of the Peruvian Nobel laureate, who died in 2025 at the age of 89—is a seedy, impoverished music scholar ...

Nintendo’s red overalls mascot has seen his fair share of adventures. Whether it’s his standard galaxy-saving escapades or spending time in karts racing around a track, Mario is a well-traveled ...

A group of 5- and 6-year-olds used all their strength and skills to splash their beloved swim instructor, Cheryl Waites, as she laughed and teased the kids to splash harder. Waites was one of the ...