Donkey Kong Country for the SNES was what my dad would refer to as a “big damn deal.” It became an instant classic, ...

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Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (XBLA) is a really neat idea: Take a classic Castlevania game, strip it down to its basics, and make ...

On paper, Limbo (XBLA) sounds like a fairly ordinary puzzle platformer. You move from left to right, overcoming environmental obstacles in order to ...

This is one of those reviews that could be four words long: “It’s Lego Harry Potter.” By now, you probably know whether or ...

While the rest of the gaming landscape changes, Mario remains a constant, our tenacious mustachioed rescuer of princesses. But when one takes a ...

Independent freeware games can hardly be mentioned without adding Cave Story to the discussion, a Metroidvania-style title that was originally developed solely by ...

The inner workings of the iconic gaming villain, Bowser, serves as both the setting and plot device for Bowser’s Inside Story, in which ...

Say what you will about LucasArts – the company that fired its best game designers in the late ’90s, milked the Star Wars ...