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Listen to the VICE Gaming Podcast, Episode Seven: The E3 2016 Wrap Special
All of the big talking points from the super-expo in Los Angeles: the food, the fashion, the toilets, the tat, and just a few new video games.
Listen to the New VICE Gaming Podcast – It’s a Legend of Zelda Special
With guests Simon Miller and Holly Nielsen discussing retro adventures, Twilight Princess and future fantasies.
The Nintendo 3DS Is the Greatest Handheld Console of All Time
Having sold tens of millions since 2011, Nintendo's portable console is a commercial hit. But it's also an essential window onto video gaming history.
A Blind Man Has Finally Completed ‘Ocarina of Time’ After Five Years
Terry Garrett has slain Ganon without even seeing the Zelda antagonist.
This Is How Nintendo ‘Won’ 2015
The year has belonged to the House of Mario – not because they've had the biggest titles, but because they're back in the black, and back in the game.
25 Super Nintendo Games You Should Play Today
Nintendo's 16bit machine is 25 years old, so here's 25 games from the 1990s that you can put on today and forget about frame rate debates for an hour or two.
Today’s Nintendo Direct Revealed an Official Female Link and ‘Final Fantasy VII’ in Super Smash Bros.
Highlights from 45 minutes of Lovely Shiny New Game announcements for your Nintendo systems.
It’s Music That Makes Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda Series So Extraordinary
Koji Kondo's score was "something that had never been heard before," theorist Andrew Schartmann tells an author who has his own special history with the series.
Bittersweet Victory: On the Void Left Behind When Your Favourite Game’s Completed
The final boss was defeated, but this wasn't victory I felt. I wasn't happy. I was gutted, and had a new gap in my life.
These are Our Favourite Video Games of 2015 So Far
We're a third of the way through the year, so let's look back at the most outstanding (mostly new) games to have come our way.
I’ll Never Love a Console Like I Loved the Nintendo Game Boy
How a trip to A&E began a love affair with a plastic brick of idiosyncratic pixels and pitch-perfect gameplay.
We Asked Some Experts About the Sexual Undertones of 'Super Mario Bros.'
We speak to two folklore experts to better understand gaming's obsession with rescuing damsels in distress. Things get dark.