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Giovanni Colantonio

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie needed more characters and fewer NPCs

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie needed more characters and fewer NPCs

For those who have been playing Nintendo games for decades, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a who’s who of cameos. Wart, Birdo, R.O.B., the literal...

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Mario Wonder's new DLC is hiding the cleverest ideas in a 2D Mario game

Mario Wonder's new DLC is hiding the cleverest ideas in a 2D Mario game

I wasn’t expecting much when I started playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s new Meetup in Bellabel Park DLC. Considering my pre-launch preview...

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If you're going to be a retro game, be a retro game

If you're going to be a retro game, be a retro game

As a child of the 90s, it’s probably no surprise to hear that I have a fondness for a specific era of 2D platformers. Even today, I love opening up...

02.04.2026 10

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The doomed Fez sequel wasn't meant to be and really we never needed it anyway

I don’t think I’ll ever forget the experience of playing Fez for the first time. It was 2012 and I was still fairly fresh out of college, having...

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I thought I hated extraction shooters. Marathon changed my mind

“It’s just not for me!” How many times have you said something to that effect to write off an entire genre of games? I know I have. I’m still...

22.03.2026 9

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I spent a week living with Mario’s Talking Flower and it tormented me nonstop

It was a quiet Saturday morning. Despite my plans to sleep in late, I woke up at 9 a.m. and decided to get up and take a morning shower. I rolled out...

21.03.2026 9

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Marathon desperately needs Destiny’s most underappreciated feature

As a retired Destiny player, Marathon feels like coming home. Bungie’s extraction shooter borrows plenty of ideas from Destiny despite being a...

11.03.2026 10

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Mr. Mime is a godawful mime in Pokémon Pokopia

I’ve spent 50 hours building a life for myself in Pokémon Pokopia already. During that time, I’ve met over 200 monsters who all have their own...

08.03.2026 10

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Resident Evil Requiem has convinced me that a Resident Evil 6 remake could work

In 2009, Capcom entered its hubris era. The publisher was riding high off the success of Resident Evil 4 and was ready to capitalize by continuing to...

07.03.2026 10

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It's time to bring back the most complicated football game ever made

09.02.2026 10

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We can't keep letting the Swagless Games get away with it

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Let's get some even weirder PS5 colors while we're at it

After five years, the PlayStation 5 is getting experimental with color. While we've gotten special edition designs and colorful faceplates in the...

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Forget Kratos, I want the God of War studio to revive one of its best games next

07.01.2026 10

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15 under-the radar games you may have missed in 2025

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's Samus Aran fangirl is all of us

08.12.2025 10

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The forgotten Fortnite wannabe that killed a studio still deserved better than a one-month lifespan

30.11.2025 10

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Sorry Arc Raiders, but Air Riders is the multiplayer game of the fall

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Dispatch already missed a big opportunity to make my choices matter

06.11.2025 20

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Pokémon TCG Pocket finally did something good

01.11.2025 9

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A needs to be the start of a series trend

30.10.2025 10

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Another Halo: Combat Evolved remake is just about the most boring thing Xbox could do

29.10.2025 10

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Actually, Enter the Matrix did bullet time best

28.10.2025 10

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Metroid Prime’s scan visor changed the way we thought about first-person games

25.10.2025 10

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A's combat is no replacement for turn-based battles

21.10.2025 20

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Baby Steps has one of the most meaningful choices I've ever encountered in a game

12.10.2025 10

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Silent Hill f's combat undercuts its most powerful moment

03.10.2025 10

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Ghost of Yōtei's open world doesn't do its hero justice

03.10.2025 10

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Why Hades 2 succeeds where so many Hades clones fail

27.09.2025 30

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The best Zelda story is hidden in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

22.09.2025 9

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I am going to compost all of Mario's talking flowers

14.09.2025 10

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Don't love Hollow Knight? Silksong probably won't win you over either

09.09.2025 10

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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is a better music discovery tool than Spotify

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 4 is out now, and with it comes a wave of early 2000s nostalgia. Developer Iron Galaxy’s pseudo-remake perfectly...

13.07.2025 20

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Forget the blue shell: Mario Kart World’s lightning is the true villain

For nearly three decades, it has been gaming’s most ruthless foe: the blue shell. First introduced in 1996’s Mario Kart 64 , I’d wager that the...

09.07.2025 9

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The Nintendo Switch 2 has replaced my Steam Deck — for now

Exactly one year ago, I found myself so bored that I decided to calculate just how much I was using each gaming platform I owned. The results...

09.07.2025 10

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