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Video Games Get Arty asks: 'What if games got arty?'

May 18, 2011, 7:23 p.m.

With millions of fans worldwide, art is a billion-dollar industry. Mentions in magazines, films and TV series clearly indicate that art is gaining increasing mainstream acceptance. But the question remains: can art aspire to the level of games? One website asks that question, inserting characters from the beloved milieu of games into several popular works of art. The results aren't just thought-provoking: some are works of beauty almost worthy of games themselves...

Converse releasing Super Mario 25th Anniversary sneakers

April 29, 2011, 7:53 p.m.

Collecting designer shoes is a hobby reserved for people with money and fashion; two things I'm relatively low on these days. Regardless, there's bound to be some video game fashionistas with a few extra bucks kicking around, so perhaps there is a market for these special edition Super Mario Chuck Taylor Hi shoes from Converse after all...

Mario and Luigi try to share, fail miserably

Jan. 20, 2011, 11:49 p.m.

Ah, poor Luigi. Despite his toned physique, superior jumping skills and ghost hunting abilities, his is life doomed to be lived in the shadow of a fat brother who spends an unhealthy amount of time playing mini-games and getting into dysfunctional relationships with princesses. Despite this, Luigi seems to be ok with his place in the Mushroom Kingdom, except in the rare instances when he loses his shit altogether and, well, you'll see...

Super Mario used in Finnish design drugs

June 3, 2010, 5:14 p.m.

Meet Charles Martinet at Nintendo World for Mario Super Sluggers Launch

Aug. 16, 2008, 10:23 a.m.

Kotaku:Nintendo Million Sellers Revealed

Jan. 29, 2008, 4:36 a.m.

The Sexual Politics Of The Mushroom Kingdom

Jan. 9, 2008, 1:44 p.m.

9th Dec, 2008 Just what in the hell is going on with Mario and Peach? It was so simple back in the old NES days of Super Mario Bros. She got herself kidnapped, he went after her with the help of Luigi, and all ended happily ever after. Or so we thought. The thing is that it didn't really. It's become ever more apparent that since that first rescue things have only ever got messier, dirtier and more manipulative in their relationship. Far from the innocent damsel and hero set-up that appeared

Super Mario 64 DS iQue version (China)

Nov. 7, 2007, 1:41 a.m.

New Super Mario Bros. tops the chart

July 4, 2006, 2:58 p.m.

Nintendo DS: Gargantuan round-up!

Oct. 7, 2004, 4:40 p.m.

Just as we were recovering from Ninty president Satoru Iwata's announcement about 'game sharing' (more on this below), we were buried under another avalanche of DS screenshots. Yesterday we posted a featuring the likes of Mario Kart and Super Mario 64 and today we find similar quality in Metroid Prime: Hunters and we even have two superb movies of AAA titles in action.Supporting the main act of Hunters, this batch of pics include such delights as Yoshi's Touch and Go, Pokemon Dash, Wario Ware,