Chris is a writer with an academic background in Creative Technology and Games Design. This experience has allowed him to look at games through a critical lens, analyzing what makes for good design.

Kirstin is a long-time fan of Nintendo, anime, manga and trading card games. Although her tastes in video games spread far and wide an early interest in Nintendo has lead to a life-long love of seeing ...

How much to we value weirdness? How much weight do we place on eccentricity? There are so many video games that are essentially retreads of the same old tired space ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook image courtesy of nintendo. Kid Icarus and its sequels appear quite simple on the surface, but the ...

The latest batch of Nintendo Switch Online games is here, and it's a murderers' row of 8-bit era greats. The new additions include the infamously difficult Battletoads from Rare and the oft-overlooked ...

Are you willing to suffer for your hobby? Because "Kid Icarus: Uprising" may be the best game you'll ever have to endure literal pain to enjoy. It's also the wildest reinvention of an iconic Nintendo ...

The other night I was playing Kid Icarus on the NES for the first time in years. Maybe I'm being nostalgic, but this game is still great as ever. A little Metroid, Castlevania, and Zelda all rolled ...

Nintendo's President Iwata held a mini press conference this week where he revealed some new 3DS games, shared some release dates, and talked about the highly anticipated 'Kid Icarus: Uprising'.