Donkey Kong Bananaza is a classic Nintendo game through and through. It’s a throwback to the likes of Super Mario Sunshine and Wario World, pulled from an era of 3D platformers where Nintendo was reaching new creative heights in the GameCube era. But it’s also vintage Nintendo thanks to its co-op gameplay. Like Super Mario […]

New seasons of Apex Legends always bring with them new plot developments and narrative threads to tug at. In this season, for instance, a new haute couture-themed event has just gone live, and to promote the game’s latest premium cosmetics, Respawn has posted a set of four in-universe magazine covers, each featuring a different playable […]

The hype for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon (and roughly half of Hollywood,) is very real. The movie doesn’t hit theaters for another year, but its trailer is already crashing the party in front of summer blockbusters like Superman and Jurassic World Rebirth. And because patience is as extinct as the dinosaurs, IMAX […]

A neon maze. Disembodied eyeballs floating in darkness. A ghost-consuming ball that never says a word. Few video games are as mysterious as Pac-Man. On its surface, the ’80s arcade hit is an uncomplicated high-score chase. Eat the dots, avoid the ghosts, don’t think about it much beyond that. But as someone who has sunk […]

Console launches are chaotic endeavors, and the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch was exactly that, right up to surprise snacks appearing alongside some new Switches. Chaos was most prevalent, perhaps, at a GameStop in New York City (specifically Staten Island) where dozens of consoles were ruined by staples that pierced the screens. The story goes that […]