Rocket League studio Psyonix loves Switch, live services, and working with Tencent
Rocket League is coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year, and I played it at the Electronic Entertainment Expo game industry event in...
Super NES Classic Edition’s 5-foot controller cable is about 3 feet shorter than original cord
The NES Classic Edition controller has an absurdly short cable. The Super NES Classic Edition wouldn’t make the same mistake. Would it? Well, kind...
Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition is coming September 29
Nintendo announced that the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition will hit retail on September 29 for $80. It will come with 21 games...
Playful’s Paul Bettner is betting on both ‘flat screen games’ and VR
Paul Bettner had a good time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles last week. His McKinney,...
Super Mario Odyssey: Yo, what’s in this hole?
Super Mario Odyssey is reintroducing exploration to the 3D platforming series. As we saw at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade event) in Los...
I played Nintendo Switch with a stranger on a plane
I never thought it could happen to me, but it did … I somehow ended up in a Nintendo commercial in real life. On...
Super Mario Odyssey’s interdimensional travel is one of its best visual tricks
I got to play around 40 minutes of Super Mario Odyssey at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) trade event in Los Angeles last week,...
Super Mario Odyssey: Catching a ride on a sphinx
If modern 3D Mario games have a defining characteristic, it’s that they don’t really have a single defining characteristic. When I played Super Mario...
Nintendo has a plan to keep Switch owners happy, and it’s more than Mario
Nintendo released Arms, the company’s first major new property since 2015’s Splatoon, right at the close of the Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles...
E3 thrilled fans, but everyone agrees: The show must change
The Entertainment Software Association, the industry group that operates the influential Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles each June, sold E3 tickets to the...