Growing Up Geek: Alexis Santos

Source: Engadget

Welcome to Growing Up Geek , an ongoing feature where we take a look back at our youth and tell stories of growing up to be the nerds that we are. Today, we have our new editor, Alexis Santos . Out of the c ...
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Video-game review: Game nearly the same with âMario Tennis Openâ

Source: Quad-Cities Online

At its core and where it counts most, "Mario Tennis Open" has a whole lot in common with the preceding six games that had some variation of "Mario Tennis" in their titles, and for many, that's probably all that m ...
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Mario Kart: A Sales History

Source: VG Chartz

Welcome to this week’s edition of “A Sales History.” This week we will be taking a look at the sales history of the Mario Kart franchise. Last week we looked at sales history of Uncharted and the week before that Gears of War. If there is a par ...
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The Game Gallery in Easton offers gamers blasts from the past

Source: LehighValleyLive.com

Donald Steinmetz was looking to parlay his love of video games in a way that other gamers could relive the early adventures of Mario, Luigi, Link, Sonic the Hedgehog and others. So he, along with his friend Matthew Ellis a ...
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What If Shigeru Miyamoto Had Become a Manga Artist?

Source: 1up.com

I t's kind of a fascinating story really. Shigeru Miyamoto, maybe the most influential designer ever, had little interest in videogames until the late 1970s, when he played Space Invaders . Up until that point, he had ...
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Tinkerers Unite! How Parents Enable Kids' Creativity

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Molly Baker Like a lot of boys, Jacob and Noah Budnitz like to build things. And they like to take things apart.First it was Bristle Blocks, then Tinkertoys. They went through Legos—lots of Legos. But now, Jacob ...
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What If the Cost of Games Continued to Rise Since the '80s?

Source: 1up.com

December 12, 1985 You'll never guess what I got for my birthday! I woke up this morning, walked into the living room, and saw Dad playing Nintendo in front of the TV! He was having trouble with the first level of Mario, so I sat down ...
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Let’s Play Rayman 3D – Walkthrough part 4

Source: 360-Faces

I like your tune its so funny kept me intersested u press b and it tells u what the levels called I have this game and i wish they would tell you the levels also. can u help wit gettin across the other passage ...
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BFI London Film Festival Announces New Approach

Source: Indie Wire

NEW DIRECTION FOR 56th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL in Partnership with American Express FESTIVAL DIRECTOR CLARE STEWART INTRODUCES COMPETITION SECTIONS AND NEW PROGRAMMING APPROACH New partnership with Nintendo announced today Sunday 20th May ...
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