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Nintendo's legendary game designer says he wants to step down from the executive's chair, and it's absolutely time he did...so he can design more games.

It's time to let some of gaming's best supporting players take center stage. Here's five characters who deserve their shot headlining their own game.

Putting a video-game franchise on a yearly release schedule doesn't do developers or fans any favors.

You don't want deals. You don't want high-end electronics or cars with bows on them. Our panel of iconic game characters knows what you really want for the holidays, and it's a basket of kickin'-your-ass awesome.

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.

When it comes to video game reviews, critics might need to be better critics, but gamers absolutely need to be much, much better consumers.

Halo Anniversary showcases the kind of development decisions 343 Industries might make going into Halo 4, and that could be a cause for concern.

Uncharted 3 earned praise as an interactive movie, but nobody's really judged it based solely on how good that movie is. Until now.

It's the battle royale of 2011, and our panel of iconic game characters hashes out who will win: Battlefield 3 or Modern Warfare 3.

"Linear" might be a bad word in modern game design, but it's got a new champion in Uncharted 3, the most aggressively linear game in a long time.

In Payday: The Heist, you play as a cop killer who kills a whole lot of cops and earns big rewards for the cops you kill. Is that OK?

Uncharted's lead character follows a long tradition of action heroes who actually kinda suck, and that's why we love him.

Inequalities in the world of Warcraft can no longer be tolerated! But is it artificial class warfare or a genuine fight for fair mana?

Escort missions suck. But there's a simple way to take this dependably awful part of a game and turn it into the best, most memorable moment.

Some game levels just stand out, even in a top-notch game. Here are five examples everybody should experience at least once.

Five years can change a person, but can it fundamentally change a game? Shadow of the Colossus proves the answer is Yes.

Everybody deserves a sequel, right? Our all-star panel of game characters weigh the pros of rolling new games off the annual assembly line and the cons of cutting franchises short.

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.

In an industry that caters to detail-obsessed super-fans, nothing beats a fighting-game player's level of obsession. And that's a cool thing.

We traditionally think of games as something fun, but leave that concept behind, and you open up a lot of possibilities.