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Does Donkey Kong 64 Belong in the Video Game Canon?

Donkey Kong 64 combined everything from banana-inspired controllers to rap. How did it impact the storytelling of video games?

By Chris Anhorn, 1 year ago August 31, 2018

Witches, rhyming, and one of gaming's first dynamic duos. Join us as we examine the legacy of Banjo-Kazooie.

By Jaron R. M. Johnson, 1 year ago August 31, 2018

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, 1 year ago July 23, 2018

16 years ago, one Disney/Final-Fantasy crossover gave birth to a new series. How did the first Kingdom Hearts change storytelling?

By Dan Hughes, 2 years ago May 22, 2018

In a decade that gave us a library of games about orphans, EarthBound reminded us how important fathers are to their sons.

By Max Gorynski, 2 years ago May 22, 2018

God of War took classic Greek mythology and established a brutal lore all its own. Does it belong in the pantheon of great storytelling?

By Dan Hughes, 2 years ago May 6, 2018

What does the DNA of a Zelda game look like? How can we extrapolate that and use it to tell our own authentic Zelda story?

By Jaron R. M. Johnson, 2 years ago April 4, 2018

Does Olimar’s adventure in a bizarre world deserve to be remembered as one of gaming’s great stories?

By Matt McGill, 2 years ago April 3, 2018

Pong, the mother of all video games, was the mother of all video-game storytelling, too.

By Skylar Cohen, 2 years ago April 1, 2018

We asked PAX South: does Portal deserve a place among the "Great Books" of gaming?

By Dan Hughes, 2 years ago March 17, 2018