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As anticipation mounts, our insider panel of iconic game characters spoils every surprise in store at E3 2012.

A useless lives system appeals only to pointless tradition, so either ensure it serves a purpose or leave it out entirely.

If you consider all video games to be art, it renders the category meaningless and demeans the medium in the process. We need to be more selective about what deserves that label.

News Blips for Monday, February 13, 2012: Blizzard is working with Hasbro to create WOW Monopoly and StarCraft Risk; Sega gives a date to the Binary Domain demo; and Sony reveals the free game for data-activated PlayStation Vita 3Gs.

Games are meant to be played. So let's start enjoying them for what they are.

The kids in my family have boring tastes in video games, and it’s my fault. Now, to correct the situation....

Tired of just beating the game like everybody else? Here's five ways in five games to make things slightly insane, far more interesting, and entirely glorious.

Super Mario 3D Land masterfully fills a 3D Mario adventure with 2D sensibilities.

Edge magazine gives Skyward Sword a perfect score, but does the game represent honed craft or a swan song for Nintendo?

I have a confession to make. I thought Mario 64 was mediocre. Ahh that felt good. OK, how 'bout this: I didn't enjoy Dark Souls and I found Mario Galaxy boring. (Winces, waiting for lightning strike.) No lifetime ban from the Internet? I should've got that off my chest sooner.

News Blips for Wednesday, October 26, 2011: Super Mario 3D Land will be touched by a Miyamoto; Metal Gear Solid HD Collection gets dated for November; Blizzard is hiring for its "next-gen" MMO; and more.

News Blips: Amazon to launch a game download service, a new Wii to drop GameCube support, Zynga unveils "mass-market" MMORPG, and the Atari founder talks future of gaming.

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

Our panel of iconic game characters are all going to Hell after telling us what they'd do as leaders of their own religion.

Our panel of iconic game characters are all going to Hell after telling us what they'd do as leaders of their own religion.

Super Mario was Nintendo's finest game at E3. Here's why.

If games have come a long way in terms technology and cultural relevance, why do some many hardcore fans still act like children?

I want to love you, Nintendo, but you have to give me reason to.

Our panel of video-game experts speaks out on the PSN outage of '11!

A gamer is still hoping that Nintendo will quit its infamous campaign of whitewashed advertising in the near future.