Sam Greenspan: Super Mario Bros. for old school Nintendo was released on September 13, 1985... or exactly 25 years ago today.
When I found that out I did two things. First, I whipped out my copy (yes, I keep it that real/nerdy that I still have an old NES hooked up in my room) and made sure I can still beat the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)
Secondly, I started down a rabbit hole of reading Mario websites and Wikis and articles. In the process, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the names of several of the major players in the Mario universe. So, in honor of the video game that changed the world, here they are, presented in handy 11-item list form.
One modder produced an unofficial, modern-day take on the Game Gear.
Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.
Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.
"That's right: His name is a marketable version of 'Ass Ape.'"
LOL, nice.