Mario and Luigi: Playing the Same Game Different Ways
Most of my earliest gaming memories were on the original NES playing Super Mario Brothers with my sister… but while we were both playing the same game with the same […]
Tetris: Unwanted Blocks or “Good Gifts”?
While I’ve always enjoyed playing Tetris, my least favorite part is waiting for the right block to come my way. Whether I have painstakingly crafted the perfect setup for a […]
Super Mario 1-1: A Hostile Coding Problem
The very first time I loaded the original Super Mario Brothers on the NES, I was transfixed… I couldn’t wait to explore this colorful, magical world and unlock all of […]
Wii Sports: Easy Access to a Deeper Experience
While the Nintendo Wii console certainly had many highlights, the one game that definitively determined its’ success was “Wii Sports”. The simplicity and accessibility of playing games like tennis, bowling, […]
Nintendo, Gaming, and Life: Designed for Community
While it might sound obvious in retrospect, one of the most critical design decisions Nintendo made when developing their home gaming console was including more than one controller port. Even […]
Nintendo Power Magazine: Portable Power
This might sound dumb, but one of the things I miss the most about the early Nintendo years was the “Nintendo Power” magazine… from cool tips and tricks to assist […]
Princess Peach’s Showtime: Small Beginnings
While Mario tends to be the star in most of Nintendo’s Mushroom Kingdom adventures, over time each of his companions have found their own personal missions in their respective spin-offs. […]
The REAL Secret Behind the Konami Code
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A… that simple series of inputs known as the “Konami Code” was a game-changer that I used many times to finally […]
Tetris: Beyond the Surface
Nintendo changed the gaming world forever with the release of their home consoles, but the “Game Boy” represented an entirely new frontier… a gaming handheld. To launch their most ambitious […]
The AI Dilemma: If We Could Rewrite the Stars
The emergence of artificial intelligence or “AI” in our gaming is more than just a probability… it is an inevitability and most likely already here in ways we may not […]
Finding God in Video Games 