It started with Prince. In 1985, Mary Elizabeth “Tipper” Gore decided to sit down and listen to an album she had just purchased for her 11-year-old daughter, Karenna. Purple Rain was being hailed as a masterpiece, and although Prince was perceived as somewhat of a salacious performer, nothing on the album’s sleeve indicated it would … Read more
If it feels like Nintendo has put a ton of Mario on the menu lately, there’s a clear explanation for the boom of Italian-American fare—and it’s not that the Feast of San Gennaro is coming up. Not long after its April debut, The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the highest-grossing film of the year until … Read more
Princess Peach is ready for her spotlight on Nintendo Switch in Princess Peach: Showtime. This is the third game to feature Princess Peach as the only main playable character. The first game, Princess Toadstool’s Castle Run, was released in 1990 on the Nelsonic Game Watch, part of a line of watches, each featuring a video … Read more
Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them. The dramatic experiment came to an end Wednesday as surgeons at NYU Langone Health removed the pig kidney and returned the donated body … Read more
On Sept. 7, 2023, major U.S. news outlets, including CNN and The Washington Post, reported that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had personally ordered access to the company’s Starlink satellite internet service “turned off” or “shut down” in Russia-occupied Crimea to disrupt a planned Ukrainian military attack there. The incident took place in 2022. CNN reported that: Elon … Read more
The Game Boy Advance title Mario vs Donkey Kong is getting a remake, and it’s coming to Nintendo Switch in 2024. The story centers around Mario, who owns a toy factory that makes wind-up toys called Mini-Marios. Donkey Kong has stolen the Mini-Mario toys, and Mario sets out to get them back. The toys are … Read more
When I was looking at the various games releasing in the second half of the year, I was very curious about the next-gen (or well now current-gen) games on Steam Deck. There have been many PC ports like Wild Hearts and more-recently Starfield that have had issues not only on Steam Deck, but also more … Read more
Nintendo announced today its 2004 GameCube RPG Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door will return in 2024 with updated graphics. In the game, you will join Mario and friends to discover the legendary treasure behind the ancient Thousand-Year Door. The GameCube game will return with enhanced graphics for Switch in 2024. The second game in the … Read more
One of the most interesting things about my relationship with Starfield is how it has changed over the short time I’ve had my hands on the game. At first blush, in the earliest stages of the review period, I was vaguely worried about Bethesda Game Studios’ latest. It was slow to start. The opening was … Read more
A few weeks ago, Chicago residents found themselves amidst a heatwave that felt like 120°F. Staying indoors and using fans and air conditioning to keep cool was highly recommended, and it is advice I’d normally heed. But Checkeditout was scheduled to make its annual return to the city for another Porsche celebration, and going off what I … Read more
.jpg "Princess Peach: Showtime tasks you with saving the Sparkle Theatre in March 2024")
.jpg "Mario vs Donkey Kong: The GBA puzzle-platformer gets a Modern Remaster in 2024")
.png "GameCube classic Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is getting a shiny new coat of paint")
