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Nonhuman Meditations
In a screenshot from a Kirby videogame, a pink marshmallow-like fellow wears steampunk gear while taking on a large bat wearing what looks like a hockey mask.

Dreaming of Dream Land

By Alyssa Wejebe • June 14th, 2022

Alyssa remembers the time she shapeshifted into a bunch of creatures and decimated an airship with her brothers before escaping on a sentient cyclops wheel.

Here's the Thing
A screenshot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons shows a cutaway view of a small house on a beach. The interior of the house is decorated in bright colors and several animals are gathered inside and out.

Nintendo Has No Idea What It’s Doing

By Rob Rich • January 13th, 2022

Rob thinks Nintendo still has no idea what it’s doing when it comes to online services and functionality.

Another Look
A blocky gray and black Nintendo Entertainment System console from the late 80s.

Better Late than Never

By Yussef Cole • December 7th, 2021

On always being a few steps behind in a never-ending videogame console race.

The error code for Wii U that reads Error Code 102-2892: This online service is no longer available. Thank you for your interest.

DISASTER PARADISE: at the Centre of the Miiverse

By Gwil Jones • October 8th, 2021

Like so much of the Wii U, Miiverse’s emerald-green message boards have been taped off for years, a generic error message flatly reminding us of its indefinite closure and the start-up stampede replaced with lifeless replica dolls.

Collision Detection

Finding Meaning in Animal Crossing’s Weird-Ass World

By Ben Sailer • May 7th, 2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has dominated social media since its release. This explainer might help you understand the appeal, or it might not explain anything at all.

Checkpoint

SMASH

By Corey Milne • August 7th, 2019

In Corey’s mind, Nintendo is only second to Disney when it comes to pure brand power. And he has the nostalgia to prove it.

Videogame Preservation Is, And Will Always Be, A ‘Now’ Problem

By Josh Bycer • February 14th, 2019

The 2018 games of the year will be the best trash 15 years from now if the industry doesn’t get serious about preserving its history.

Collision Detection

At Least Videogame Advertising Has Grown Up

By Ben Sailer • January 11th, 2019

The days of shit-talking the competition are gone. Now videogame companies demand our attention by . . . just making better products.

Documentary Sunday

The Power of Glove

By Megan Condis • January 10th, 2019

With videogame culture obsessed with retrofuturiusm, it’s only a matter of time before the ultimate nostalgic artifact makes a comeback: the Nintendo Power Glove.

The Mathematical Brilliance of WarioWare

By Khee Hoon Chan • July 4th, 2018

The annals of math rock is a motley of multifarious influences, from the understated sounds of minimal music to the aggressive intensity of post-hardcore.

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