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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Box Art (News)

Oct 20, 2009

New Super Mario Bros. Wii will certainly stand out from most Wii games on the shop shelves. Most Wii games come in white sleeves but, as you can see from the image below, New Super Mario Bros Wii will come in a nice red box.

Video game propaganda posters you've never seen before (Feature)

Oct 14, 2009

We're used to being the good guys. But did you ever stop to think about it from the enemy's point of view? Wouldn't our heroes look completely different?

Of course, just as in the real world, wartime imagery and alternative views of the enemy could undoubtedly be perpetuated with some propaganda posters… like these.

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What are the best and worst videogame movies? (Feature)

Sep 9, 2009

Videogame adaptations are like a walk through minefield; sure there might be a couple of safe zones, but more often than not you're going to stand on a bomb. ...

Technically, that's not correct... (Feature)

Aug 25, 2009

Game developers are wrong about 90% of everything 83% of the time. I know, because I’m a super-expert on facts. My dad invented facts. So hold on to your sugary carbonated bevorage, uncross your legs and take your left hand off your face, because I'm about to drop a straight-up 10-megaton truth bomb on this bitch. All the subjective bullshit and “artistic license” that game designers cower behind is polluting the hard facts... ...

The Top 7... Fireworks (Video)

Jun 29, 2009

The secretly sinister storylines of your favourite games (Feature)

Jun 12, 2009

You never knew they were so wrong... ...

Awesomely bad videogame movies - Super Mario Bros. - Koopa in Brooklyn (Video)

Apr 29, 2009

Gaming's most fabulous footwear (Feature)

Apr 27, 2009

We do a lot of list features here at GamesRadar, and each presents its own obstacles. So, just when we think we’ve done it all, a fellow editor throws the gauntlet down with an insurmountable challenge. “Does gaming have a greatest shoe?” Surely.

“I dare you.” ...

Which version of Mario is the best version of Mario? (Feature)

Apr 3, 2009

Earlier in the week, we published an article showing some 50 versions of Sonic the Hedgehog to see which one is the 'best' to play as. But you can't do one without the other, so here are nearly 70 versions of Mario for your eyes to boggle at. ...

11 hot women that have played game characters in movies (Feature)

Apr 2, 2009

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Is an actress and model.

Is a rendered 3D model.

High attraction.

Low resolution.

Classy Raccoon City looker.

Cheap Raccoon City hooker.

Assembled by the Gods.

Poorly assembled polygons.

Femme fatale.

Naked ...

Bizarre size screw-ups in games (Feature)

Feb 12, 2009

It must be a tough job being a videogame artist. Tight deadlines, long hours, trying to replicate intricate concept art within strict technological limitations... and of course those pesky laws of real life. You see, for some reason people have this crazy notion that cars are smaller than houses. Yeah, what's all that about? We say to hell with it - these games certainly did ...

Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: Mario of the Deep - Netflix Instant Queue (Video)

Jan 8, 2009

Merry ChristNES; Free 8 Bit Christmas Songs (News)

Dec 9, 2008

Doctor Octoroc gives us 8-bit renditions of our favorite christmas themes... with a video game twist!

Meet Charles Martinet at Nintendo World for Mario Super Sluggers Launch (News)

Aug 16, 2008

To celebrate the launch of Mario Super Sluggers, Charles Martinet, the voice actor for Mario, Luigi, Wario, and more will be in attendance at the Nintendo World Store in Manhattan on August 24th, signing autographs and giving out a mysterious special gift from Nintendo to those who purchase the new Mario sports title.

Top 20 games list topped by Mario (News)

Jul 28, 2008

MCV: NES classic takes No.1 spot in consumer-voted 'best games in history' poll

Man plays Mario tune on bottles with RC car (News)

Apr 16, 2008

Clearly proving that some Nintendo fans have more time than sense, a man has been recorded playing the theme to Mario by using a remote control car to run a wire against the sides of a line of bottles filled with different amounts of water.

Imagine, if you will, being well bored in a pub with a table full of half-empties. You might have the urge to try and play the music from Close Encounters by smacking the bottles with a fork. After ...

The Sexual Politics Of The Mushroom Kingdom (Feature)

Jan 9, 2008

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 Smash Bros. Brawl using Havok physics (News)

Aug 27, 2007

This popped up via EGM a few months ago. Everyone passed it off as a mistake or rumor. Well now it has been confirmed via Havok's site
hit jump to see for your self.

Rumour: Nintendo Announcing New Hardware At E3 (News)

Jun 1, 2007

According to rumours which appear credible to Jeux France, Nintendo would at this year's E3 reveal firm release dates for Smash Bros and Mario Galaxy. More importantly, Nintendo will have a "grosse révélation au niveau Hardware" [big hardware news] as well as a look at Mario Kart for the Wii.