Gamers and game journalists are always trying to stay on top of the current news and events that surround the games we love, but what about the rest of the world? When we speak of the difference between “hard core” and “casual,” just how big of a gap are we really talking?

Monday again folks, which means new downloadable goodies for you Nintendo lovers. The place to be is the DSiWare with two new games to download, one of which is the first third-party game for the DSiWare. For the Wii, both the WiiWare and Virtual Console each have one new title to download. Hit the jump [...]

Anyone who has played video games in the 8 or 16-bit era remembers a genre that has since become the black sheep of 3D gaming culture: the platformer. Platformers made up a huge percentage of all console games and arcades of the day, and would all be started by one game in particular, that put [...]