Mario

Does Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door Belong in the Video Game Canon?

Does Paper Mario qualify as one of the "Great Books" of gaming? Read on for an analysis of the conversation we started at PAX East 2018.

By Matt McGill, 7 years ago July 23, 2018

Why develop a canon for video-game storytelling? Watch With a Terrible Fate discuss this at PAX East, along with a debate about Paper Mario.

By Aaron Suduiko, 7 years ago June 3, 2018

Super Mario Sunshine aimed to prove that the success of Super Mario 64 wasn't a fluke. Does it belong in the video game canon?

By Dan Hughes, 7 years ago November 13, 2017

It takes a special kind of game to initiate players into a brand-new console. Here's everything it takes for launch games to succeed.

By Skylar Cohen, 8 years ago November 3, 2017