Mandatory Fear looks back at the vital entries in horror gaming, exploring what made them effective at scaring us and their importance to the history of the genre. Metroid may have been my first ...

Despite first playing Metroid Prime over 20 years ago, parts of it still came back as clear as day to me as I played through its excellent Switch remaster. I could still recall the exact moment when I ...

When the Challenger exploded, my parents tried to hide it from me. They did okay for a few days. But it was inevitable. They knew how fixated I was on space, how I wanted to be an astronaut, and they ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this story before…A YouTube channel that featured music, covers, or remixes of classic songs from popular Nintendo games has been forced to remove content after being contacted ...

Signaling a job well done. When it comes to classic games, one of the most interesting things about them is that we play them, we enjoy them, and then, later on in life, long after they were released ...

This morning, on Aug. 6, the Metroid anniversary’s Twitter account posted a thankful and endearing letter from the original NES Metroid’s composer, Hirozaku Tanaka. In his letter, he thanks fans for ...

I haven’t gotten lost in a Metroid game since 1994. I mean truly lost, wandering the corridors wondering where to go next. Every Metroid game released since Super Metroid has provided help, whether ...