Silent Hill: Shattered Memories has a lot of odd things in it. Over the last few hours I’ve spotted a working model train, a gumball machine, learned about the “choking game,” and even picked up a phone number for a chick with zero decency. I’ve been chased by skinless creepies and even rolled around in [...]

For as vibrant and beautiful, familiar and inviting as a classic Mario game is, failure abounds inside Nintendo’s crafted worlds, permeating our play. Its taints each bad jump, rushed attempt to snatch an item, or near miss of the white flag at the end of a level. Frustration sets in because there’s no way avoid [...]