http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/features/l-L/s-a-zhttp://www.gamesradar.com/f/gamings-most-incestuous-soundtracks/a-20090811154535476099<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/08/WEEK%20OF%20GEEK/soundtracks/Finished/081209_soundtracks_obs01--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>From its inception, the idea behind Week of Geek has been &#8220;as niche as possible.&#8221; To some, an article about videogame music is obscure enough, but as an ardent fan of all things VGM, I wanted to truly geek out and talk about game music that references other game music. ...</p>Wii feature12/08/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-10-best-zelda-songs-ever/a-200803041031924088<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Other/Features/2008/10%20best%20Zelda%20songs/zeldaLA--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br />Videogame music has grown tremendously over the years. From humble bleeps and blorps that could have doubled as fart noises to sweeping soundtracks that fill two discs with ease, gamers have grown increasingly fond of the melodies chirping out of their TV. And there's perhaps no set of tunes more adored than those that ring throughout the many adventures of Link. Anyone who's even held a controller in the past 20 years should instantly recognize ...<br/>Wii feature4/03/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/looking-back-the-legend-of-zelda/a-2007092811220343071Sept 28, 2007 Nintendo currently owns four of the top 10 best-selling franchises in the video game world. Number one? Of course it's Mario, the bouncy platform king everyone knows. Nipping at his heels are 493 super-powered Pokemon. Charging right behind them, however, is one lone figure riding atop his tireless steed, sword held high in utter triumph and hard-nosed defiance against all other comers. So, even though Mario and Pokemon outrank Link by a wide margin, the latter's mindshare and ...<br/>Wii feature28/09/2007http://www.gamesradar.com/f/an-incomplete-history-of-time-travel-games/a-2009102017241650033<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/10/Time%20travel%20in%20games/M%20to%20Z/timesplitters-2-ps2-1--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>&#8220;We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is? When will we get to the cowboy level?&#8221;</p> <p>&#8211; Professor Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time</p> <p>Time travel and videogames are a perfect fit. ...</p>Wii feature21/10/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-absolute-worst-water-levels/a-2009100711214920020<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mbGamesRadar/us/Features/2009/10/Worst%20Water/Zelda_Water--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>You know that friend nobody likes? The one that keeps showing up because no one&#8217;s told him to buzz off? That&#8217;s what water levels are to videogames. Upon arrival, they kill the mood and alienate anyone who was on the fence about staying or leaving. In short, they tend to ruin the entire flow of a game that&#8217;s otherwise just fine, and very few titles have been able to do liquid environments right. ...</p>Wii feature7/10/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-citizen-kanes-of-videogames/a-20090723134438115098<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/07/Citizen%20Kanes/Screens/HalfLife--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>When talking about the idea of videogames as art, it&#8217;s become increasingly popular to lament that the medium doesn&#8217;t yet have its &#8220;Citizen Kane.&#8221; Seemingly everyone, from industry luminary Ian Bogost to film director Guillermo del Toro, has sounded off about how games either need, don&#8217;t need, or will soon receive the masterpiece that will force the medium to &#8220;grow up&#8221; and be accepted as an art form by the mainstream. ...</p>Wii feature23/07/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/nintendo-banned-in-the-usa/a-20090722105344976067<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/07/Banned%20Nintendo/Finished/Gun%20Smoke%20covers--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>Let&#8217;s point fingers! Ever wonder why games are still treated like a child&#8217;s medium? Well, part of that responsibility rests on the shoulders of Nintendo of America and the censorship they exhibited during the dominant period of the NES, Game Boy and SNES.</p> <p>From the medium&#8217;s inception, Japan seemed to have no qualms in dealing with themes no heavier than those found in movies and TV, such violence and sexuality. ...</p>Wii feature22/07/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-secretly-sinister-storylines-of-your-favourite-games/a-2009060911582296048You never knew they were so wrong... ...<br/>Wii feature12/06/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-10-best-zelda-songs-ever/a-200803041031924088<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Other/Features/2008/10%20best%20Zelda%20songs/zeldaLA--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br />Videogame music has grown tremendously over the years. From humble bleeps and blorps that could have doubled as fart noises to sweeping soundtracks that fill two discs with ease, gamers have grown increasingly fond of the melodies chirping out of their TV. And there's perhaps no set of tunes more adored than those that ring throughout the many adventures of Link. Anyone who's even held a controller in the past 20 years should instantly recognize ...<br/>Wii feature4/03/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-best-thing-to-come-out-of-new-gen-is-old-gen/a-2008022811652405066<p>Distilled gameplay, old-school values and why you need never load another disc into your console again. We take a look at how new-gen technology has revitalised old-gen gaming and even sparked a new wave of superb retro-style games. ...</p>Wii feature28/02/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/looking-back-the-legend-of-zelda/a-2007092811220343071Sept 28, 2007 Nintendo currently owns four of the top 10 best-selling franchises in the video game world. Number one? Of course it's Mario, the bouncy platform king everyone knows. Nipping at his heels are 493 super-powered Pokemon. Charging right behind them, however, is one lone figure riding atop his tireless steed, sword held high in utter triumph and hard-nosed defiance against all other comers. So, even though Mario and Pokemon outrank Link by a wide margin, the latter's mindshare and ...<br/>Wii feature28/09/2007http://www.gamesradar.com/f/video-game-characters-zombified/a-20091028102851520025<p>What better way to celebrate Halloweek than with a Photoshop frenzy of brains and bile as we zombify some of gaming's best loved characters.&#160;<strong>Be warned</strong>, however, some of these images are a tad graphic, full of weeping sores, rotting flesh and exposed rib cages, so don't go getting disturbed for life over these. Promise? Good. ...</p>Wii feature29/10/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-12-most-misunderstood-videogame-villains/a-20091001102755474083<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mbGamesRadar/us/Features/2009/09/12%20misunderstood%20villains/NormanBates--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>One reason we like games is that the stakes are high. The good guys are really good, the bad guys are really bad, and the princesses are really doe-eyed. But sometimes, games manage to work in villains that operate in shades of gray&#8230; and other times, they accidentally make a villain out of the most sympathetic guy in the story. ...</p>Wii feature1/10/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-top-7-sexy-horses-every-stud-should-ride/a-2009070612219863008<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/07/Top%207%20Horses/ART/RAW/EponaAndLinkLarge--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>It&#8217;s not easy being a horse, especially a diabetic horse who loves sugar cubes and games. As a proud member of the Equidae family, I don&#8217;t give a damn about the new protagonist in Assassin&#8217;s Creed II or the stupid non-animal flying device he&#8217;ll pilot. I just want to know if Ezio will be riding a freaking horse through the Tuscan countryside. Will he get to mount a Salerno, or perhaps a San Fratello? ...</p>Wii feature6/07/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/if-video-game-characters-were-pokemon/a-20090702144480002<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/07/If%20game%20characters%20were%20Pokemon/Finished/Mario--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>Ever wondered what it would be like to have video game characters in your Pokemon party? Why choose boring old Bulbasaur when you can choose a beautiful Kasumi? Or a&#160;level 50 Sackboy?</p> <p>We've given 21 game characters the Pokemon treatment, with four moves to choose from and some evolutionary states too.</p> <p>Who would you choose? ...</p>Wii feature3/07/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-ever-changing-sizes-of-ganon-and-link/a-20090623104642352061<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mbGamesRadar/us/Features/2009/06/Link%20and%20Ganon/zelda_manual--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>Last year we revealed the hilariously inconsistent sizes of Mario and Bowser, two of gaming&#8217;s most recognizable characters. Makes sense then to give Nintendo&#8217;s &#8220;serious&#8221; hero/villain duo a hard time too, eh? Witness pointy-eared Link change from squat child to lean teen, and the villainous Ganon transform from monster to human and back again. ...</p>Wii feature23/06/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-top-7-villains-that-never-stay-dead/a-200904139337300060<p>Death happens a lot in videogames, but for some reason it never seems to stick. From heroes who get infinite do-overs to supporting characters who &#8220;die&#8221; only to resurface at the nick of time down the road, videogames might be the only medium in which the audience feels surprised, and perhaps even cheated, if a dead character isn&#8217;t magically brought back to life. ...</p>Wii feature13/04/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/zero-to-100-videogames-by-the-numbers/a-20090331102917654076<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/03/Zero%20to%20100%20Games%20by%20Nums/clayfighter63box--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>Numbers. Man, there must be millions of &#8216;em. Seems like every other game on the shelf has a number in it. Boy, I bet you could count to a hundred using just videogame titles and related items. Let&#8217;s see if I&#8217;m right. ...</p>Wii feature31/03/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-visual-evolution-of-game-logos/a-20090219123030500042<p></p> <p>While game content, design and technology constantly change year after year so does game packaging and design. This interests us.&#160;So we've taken 10 major game series and visually charted their logos' progression to see how&#160;they've&#160;evolved. ...</p>Wii feature19/02/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/five-games-you-love-that-should-go-mmo/a-20080806151359653033<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2008/08/Games%20that%20should%20go%20MMO/MMO_blog--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br />Forget the tedious grinding and throw out the goblins. These would be the coolest MMOs ever made. ...<br/>Wii feature7/08/2008