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Our panel of iconic game characters take some time away from reloading their Error 37s to weigh in on Diablo III's almost-a-release.

We explore five bizarre gaming-mysteries, like flying dolphins and spike-resistant boots.

Zelda's and Metroid's embrace of open exploration and tantalizing discovery continues on in From Software's Dark Souls.

Rank-Up XP lets you earn bonus in-game rewards just for buying Pepsi products. Our panel of iconic game characters thoughtfully analyze whether it's a sugary-sweet offer or a fatty pile of crap.

DRM and Online Passes are now cutting used-game buyers out of key game modes. Our panel of iconic game characters decides once and all how much you deserve that.

Many 3D game characters got their start as a collection of colored pixels. Take a look!

Nintendo's reluctance to bring their solid JRPGs to the U.S. makes it seem like they don't care about their core fans.

Our panel of management-level game characters weigh in: Should developers unionize, or are code monkeys made to be trampled?

Our panel of iconic characters decides once and for all if 3D gaming is deep or shallow.

Sometimes even great stories get lost in the depths of the Mobfeed. In our first edition of Hidden Gems, we present five older articles you may have missed.

These 10 games didn't get a fair shake from reviewers or even the gamers themselves.

A special Valentine's Day card featuring Metroid's Mother Brain and Samus.

Super Metroid is a SNES classic, claustrophobic and tense, but since then the series has followed a different path. Is it time that Samus returned to the dark?

A look back at Wii's greatest year yet, and a glance ahead.

Welcome to the Mobcast Holiday Clip Show, hosted by your favorite Bitmob editor, James DeRosa. (Who!?) It's a sitcom-style clip show featuring favorite Mobcast clips from Bitmob's editors. Guests include Seanbaby, Tim Schafer, and more!

In this episode of the Mobcast, Gamasutra's Christian Nutt joins Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Demian Linn, and Brett Bates. The group discusses the things in games that they're thankful for, under-the-radar titles, enthusiast and public reactions to the Kinect, which 2009 titles they won't get to until 2010, and the best (or worst?) moments in griefing.

With the reviews hammering Metroid: Other M for its cutscenes, plot, and voice acting, this article looks why it shouldn't have been an issue and how nitpicking critics can harm future games.

Wherein we discuss Bastion, software incompatibility, Good Old Games, the journey from gaming press to game development, Metroid: Other M, anime influences in games, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, The Walking Dead, the pitfalls of serialized fiction (including Lost!), Red Dead Redemption, choice in games, Fable 3, elevator pitches, and zombies.

Video Blips for November 10, 2010. Check out the pretty PSN platformer Crescent Pale Mist, a peak at the latest Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game downloadable content, a bloody and gory Call of Duty: Black Ops montage, and more.

Think you know where to take your favorite game franchise? Tell us how in this month's Bitmob Writing Challenge.