Mario: The Granddad of Video Game Success

Mario: The Granddad of Video Game Success

Every gamer who spent their time in the arcade in their younger years, and still holds a console or PC to date, is familiar with the small, stout Italian plumber with a thick moustache, affectionately named Mario. You might’ve seen him inside a SNES system, jumping...
Of Dragons and (Game) Genies

Of Dragons and (Game) Genies

I’m about to buy a Secret Passage. I’m playing Dragon Warrior. The landscape I traverse is lit in glowing 8-bit pixels, the terrain a beautiful, eye-frying saturation. I am Eldrick, questing for gold, a princess, and out to kill the Dragon Lord. It was endless...