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The way game saves are implemented in a game can affect everything from the difficulty, to the narrative, to the gameplay itself. And save scumming, that much-hated exploit that makes it possible to brute-force games like XCOM 2... or avoid ...

The Super Mario Bros. movie is famously bad -- so bad it killed the hopes of any good video game movie adaptations for YEARS. Or... so they say. But what if Super Mario Bros. wasn't actually that bad? Jenna digs into the history of the Super Mario .. ...

It's spray day and we're making a big deposit at the blood bank. Here's why Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice borrows its iconic blood spray from Kurosawa and other samurai movies.

Asobo Studio really, really likes rats ...

Re:Zero's return just started an isekai triple threat, but who's the winner?

The race for the perfect Super Mario Bros. playthrough is heating up ...

Have you ever wondered why there are so many boss battles that involve a big monster that has eyes in the palms of its hands? Brian David Gilbert has wondered that, so he decided to look into it.

Is Tom Nook actually a bad guy, or does he just have a bad reputation? We look at the history of Tom Nook's attitude throughout the Animal Crossing franchise and figure out what his deal is. #animalcrossing #tomnook #video ...

In Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, the park editor included a spike trap called a ...

All of the cyberpunk media that Cyberpunk 2077 is based on features wet and wild weather. But where does that come from? We examine the wetness of cyberpunk as a whole, and assess whether Cyberpunk 2077 lives up to the legacy of wetness established . ...