I made a Super Mario Maker 2 course on Switch, here’s what I learned
I’ve spent most of the past week playing Super Mario Maker 2. That’s a good thing because Super Mario Maker was my game of...
May 2019 NPD hardware: Switch outsells PlayStation and Xbox in U.S.
The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 generation is ending. That shift is showing up in software sales, as you can see in The NPD...
Twitter: Here’s who won the attention war at E3 2019
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) drew more than 66,000 people to the Los Angeles Convention Center last week. But the real battle for attention...
Jon Batiste lays down excellent Legend of Zelda cover on ‘Late Show’
I love two things in this world: covers of video game music, and a network television show that validates my tastes. That’s why it’s...
How Nintendo approached the PR battle at E3 2019
Nintendo brought up the rear in showing off new games at the 2019 Electronic Entertainment Expo, but it made a lot of noise last...
Pokémon Sword and Shield make gym battles exciting again
Pokémon games can be formulaic, which can make it difficult to enjoy them when you’re played a bunch of them over the past 23...
How Microsoft showed up at E3, locked and loaded for games, a new console, and the cloud
Matt Booty, the head of Xbox Game Studios, may have overdone it when he started going shopping for game studios. The company showed up...
Nintendo puts on a master class on how to win E3
It might seem kind of silly to talk about “winning E3.” It is just a trade show, after all. But the Electronic Entertainment Expo...
Nintendo is changing matchmaking with friends in Super Mario Maker 2
A few weeks ago, Nintendo revealed that you could play Super Mario Maker 2 in multiplayer mode online. But it later clarified that you...
Animal Crossing delayed to March 20, but I can’t stay mad at it
Nintendo revealed the latest details of its next Animal Crossing game. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is coming to the Nintendo Switch on March 20....