Chris started gaming in the 8-bit era so writing game reviews seemed like a natural choice of activity to protect his brain from further atrophy during his final year in a psychiatric penitentiary.

Long before Mario Kart World was announced, I theorized what Nintendo’s next spin on the franchise would be. Mario Kart 8 introduced anti-gravity, and Mario Kart 7 brought us hang gliders, so I was ...

Super Mario World in real life recreates a platform-style adventure using physical movement and environment-based challenges.

In the glowing reviews for Super Mario Bros. Wonder flooding the internet, many are praising the game as the best 2D Mario since 1990’s Super Mario World. The question of what, exactly, is the best 2D ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A British writer who specializes in indie gaming and LEGO. Of all the world’s best-known video game characters, Mario is the most ...

The big hook of Mario Kart World is that, for the first time in the series, players aren’t just visiting separate and disconnected courses. Everything links together to form one big world, and there’s ...

Chris is a writer with an academic background in Creative Technology and Games Design. This experience has allowed him to look at games through a critical lens, analyzing what makes for good design.

'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island' remains the pinnacle of the platforming genre.

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I realize the Super Mario Bros. franchise is, quite literally, kid friendly. However, some news deserve language reserved for adults. So let me just say, “Letsa f***ing goooooo!” Today during today’s ...

If you asked any Nintendo fan prior to the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, they’d likely tell you that the world would never see a sequel for Mario Kart 8. Why would Nintendo bother? A full decade ...