Going into 1981, Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto was facing a problem. Working on one of his first games ever, he hoped to use Popeye, the famed sailor of 1930s cartoons, to serve as the hero.

Super Mario Bros.: The Movie is the most reviled film in the history of video game cinema. I used to believe that it was so bad, it’s the reason why video game movies are scoffed at to this day. But ...

Illumination and Universal's adaptation of the wildly popular Nintendo video game scored the biggest global debut in history for an animated film, among other records broken. By Pamela McClintock ...

The Mario series has gifted gamers with some of the most iconic music tracks in gaming history. Everything from simple chiptunes to massive orchestral pieces have been featured, and fans hold many of ...