Why Nintendo should ignore Super Mario Run’s poor reviews
Nintendo’s first gaming app for iPhones is megapopular, but it is also annoying some iOS gamers because it ignores the free-to-play business model. Super Mario...
Watch Dogs 2 excoriates Silicon Valley’s tech companies and warns about election fraud
By choosing to set Watch Dogs 2 in the smart city of San Francisco, Ubisoft’s game creators were able to sharpen their criticism of...
Sensor Tower: Super Mario Run beats Pokémon Go record — 4 days to 25 million downloads
Few video game characters are as popular as Pikachu, Pokémon’s mascot. I say “few” because of Mario. It took Super Mario Run only four...
Play Pong on the MacBook Pro Touch Bar with this app
If you have a new MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar, then there’s a great new game for you to play. It’s a variation...
Did you download a Super Mario Run APK for Android? That’s malware
Often before a new mobile game comes out, people who use an Android smartphone or tablet can get the game early by scouring the...
Sensor Tower: Super Mario Run made $5 million in under 24 hours
While you collect coins as Mario on your iPhone, Nintendo is collecting fat stacks on cash. Super Mario Run has generated approximately $5 million...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Be patient. The Metaverse will come. And it will be open.
I hear a lot of speeches. But Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games and a longtime graphics guru, stitched together the best vision...
Super Mario Run is the top-grossing iOS app in 30 countries (update)
Nintendo has the biggest game on iOS right now. Super Mario Run is No.1 on the iOS download and grossing charts in the United States, according to intelligence firm Sensor Tower. That’s abnormally high for a game without free-to-play microtransaction spending.
Super Mario Run’s internet-connection requirement is dumb
Nintendo is bad at the internet. Remember Friend Codes? Well, they’re back in the publisher’s first Mario game for mobile devices. But that’s not...
Play Pac-Man on the MacBook Pro Touch Bar with this app
Big software makers like Adobe, Atlassian, and Microsoft have been enhancing their apps with support for the Touch Bar on the new version of...