Today we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Capcom’s Breath of Fire RPG series and share a special celebratory fan video!
A monthly writeup of the games enjoyed by the writers of The Pixels! What games have you been enjoying this month?
Fans of fishing minigames and horror games alike will find themselves hooked by the unsettling seas in DREDGE.
Grab a friend for a shared sea shanty! Ship of Fools is a co-op rogue-lite that you shouldn’t ever play alone.
There is wisdom everywhere but this EarthBound Essay by Bookwarm is all about the pursuit of wisdom and where it can be found.
In Labyrinth of Galleria, there’s more going on behind closed doors than meets the eye. A lesson in never judging a game too quickly.
Mario appeared only briefly in cartoons, but he left a lasting impression on animation history with some wonderful, and weird, titles.
Mario represents our highest ideals and hopes of being a hero, but he seems more attainable to us than most other examples. We’re all Mario. It’s-a me? It’s a you!
Mark MAR10 Day with these Super Mario stickers on sale this weekend from JoypadLad! Multiple sticker sets available.
Can you love Super Mario without actually loving Super Mario games? Writer Mystraker explores that question.
Super Mario Multiverse is here and this is its Center: celebrate the joy, imagination, magic, and lasting impact of Mario for MAR10 Week!
Super Mario genres have been multitudinous, but here are 13 categories that could still use gaming’s most iconic mascot!
Everyone remembers the first time they experienced a Mario game. So we asked our writers a simple question: “What is your first Mario memory?”
Super Mario Bros. The Movie is equal parts ridiculed, reviled, and misunderstood. Learn more about this film from two SMB Movie archivists from smbmovie.com!
If you like puzzles, want a new NES game, and are willing to put up with stiff cursor controls, NEScape! is a room worth visiting.
A monthly writeup of the games enjoyed by the writers of The Pixels.
Indies inspired by AAA titles are called INDIEsperations, and Bot Gaiden is one of those titles that definitely fits the description!
By now you’ve heard the praise for Chained Echoes, much of it well-deserved. Here’s the full story on its highs, lows, and complexities.
With Echo-S, Tsunamods breathes new life into the classic Final Fantasy VII with a fully-voiced mod of the original script.
What would happen if you mixed Final Fantasy VII with Sonic the Hedgehog? We talk fan fiction with one of our writers doing just that.
Exploring the key differences between the original PSP Crisis Core and its new Reunion remake for modern platforms.
Powerful narrative themes and technical upgrades help cement Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion as a vital part of the compilation.
Judgment Day is here for this NES Classic! In this Op-Ed, we examine the R-Rated merits of Regular Nintendo’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana on PlayStation 5 is the definitive console version of a game that started out with a questionable translation.
Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent has big shoes to fill in the memory of Class of Heroes, but it’s in a class all its own.
A monthly writeup of the games enjoyed by the writers of The Pixels.
Fly through your underground world with the last Knight Witch in this strange mix of shoot-em-up and Metroidvania.
Lil Gator and Big Sis used to play together, but she grew up and doesn’t have time now. Can his Lil Gator Game get his sis’s playfulness back?
CrossCode evokes the visuals of the 16-bit era, fusing them with a touching story and lighting-fast combat in our 1st full critique of 2023.
