From pixels to polygons: 2D characters get three-dimensional
Watch side-by-side comparisons of classic, 2D video-game characters and their revamped, 3D makeovers.
Gaming art for your new Twitter header: The ’80s (part 2)
Twitter header images featuring games like Strider, Double Dragon, and The Legend of Zelda to decorate your profile.
5 games reimagined as romance novels (gallery)
See what Mario, Zelda, and more look like as trashy grocery-store books.
We turn 10 famous designers into video game characters
Watch in awe (and horror) as we turn legendary designers like Gabe Newell, Hideo Kojima, and Ken Levine into characters from their own games.
Tecmo Koei and Nintendo team up for Zelda: Hyrule Warriors combat game
Zelda: Hyrule Warriors is coming in 2014 to Wii U.
Consoles that won’t die: The NES
The Nintendo Entertainment System, now nearly 30 years old, is not just a platform for fueling misty-eyed nostalgia. Gamers also embracing a growing homebrew scene that's resulting in new physical releases for the aging, but far from dead, gray box.
13 awesome maps from classic video games (gallery)
The cartographers at City Prints in Atlanta charted the digital topography of several classic video games.
Gamer hacks The Legend of Zelda to star Zelda instead of Link (video)
Another enterprising gamer has modified a classic title to reverse gender roles. This time, it's The Legend of Zelda.
Nintendo held ‘deep discussions’ before allowing Mario to punch people in Smash Bros.
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto talks violence in video games.
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