Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Decades later, the classic Super Mario Bros. games still have more secrets to be uncovered. Most console gamers of a certain age will remember the Minus World glitch, but that's not the only secret ...

Update 3/22/2024: After an entire week of Super Mario Maker streamers across the internet working to clear Trimming The Herbs — Super Mario Maker's final uncleared level — the level's creator admitted ...

When it comes to the famed Super Mario Bros.series, gamers don't often think of wildly tough, grueling trials — certainly not when it comes to the newer, family-friendly games. Yet, Nintendo has a ...

by Chris Harper — Wednesday, October 01, 2025, 03:47 PM EDT One of the most infamous game glitches of all time is arguably the Minus World glitch in the original Super Mario Bros. on NES, which ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. We all know how it goes. You're hopping and wahooing your way through a set of beautifully designed platforming stages in the latest Mario game, and ...

The Super Mario series has been going on ever since the NES, and as with any other long-running series of platformers, it hasn't been entirely perfect. It's usually pretty damn good, but when the ...

Badges are one of the more innovative additions to the 2D Mario series. They are essentially equippable abilities and passive enhancements to the player, but can only be equipped one at a time per ...

I’ve had Super Mario Maker for just a few days, so, of course, I already feel qualified to give everyone advice on designing levels. Prepare to get schooled, kids! I’ve made about four-and-a-half ...

In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the answer to the question of what makes a level great or the best is a bit different than other games in the Nintendo franchise. Generally, a stage that provides a ...

Stephen is an avid Nintendo, Indie, and retro gamer of 30 years who dabbles in Xbox, mainly in the form of binge sessions of Overwatch. He's a history buff, an aspiring writer of short fiction, and a ...