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Super Mario Bros. Wonder: The Kotaku Review
26.10.2023
First, the bad news: Super Mario Bros. Wonder doesn’t cure covid-19. Trust me on that. But, if you ignore that one flaw and focus on everything else—the gorgeous graphics, the immensely creative levels, the pitch-perfect music—it’s easy to see this is one of Nintnedo’s best Mario games...
Sonic Superstars’ Early Reviews Wish It Would Pick Up The Pace
13.10.2023
Sonic Superstars has developer Sega journeying all the way back to the beginning of the Sonic franchise, remembering when it was born in 1991 in the 2D tropics. Like nostalgic platformer Sonic Mania did in 2017, Superstars devoutly walks the same path as Sonic the Hedgehog and its early ‘90s...
This ‘Playable Documentary’ About A 1984 Classic Is One Of The Year’s Best Games
12.10.2023
When you first fire up The Making of Karateka, Digital Eclipse’s excellent interactive retrospective about Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner’s 1984 masterpiece, you’re greeted with this quote from his journals, written when he was just 18 years old:Read more
This Stylish Noir-Punk Side-Scroller Is Like Celeste With Guns
14.9.2023
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is A Whole New Approach To 2D Mario Games
31.8.2023
During today’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder-centric Nintendo Direct, we got to see a new and far more detailed look at the upcoming side-scrolling platformer, bendy pipes and elephantine Mario included.Read more
Fall Down A Retro Action Rabbit Hole With Every Mega Man Ever For Just $30
15.8.2023
Decades since its debut, no side-scrolling action platformer hits quite like Mega Man. Maybe that’s why they made so many sequels and spin-offs. And currently you can grab them all, including every Mega Man X and Mega Man Zero game, for just $30 on Steam in Capcom’s current end of sumer sale. Read...
New Mickey Mouse Platformer Is A Great Metroidvania That Ditches Combat
27.7.2023
Disney Illusion Island isn’t technically a Mickey Mouse solo adventure, as it features Goofy, Donald Duck, and Minnie Mouse, too. But after nearly a decade without a proper Mickey Mouse platformer in the vein of popular games like Castle of Illusion or Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, we’ve finally...
Double Dragon Roguelite Is A Messy Blast From The Past
27.7.2023
From the outside, Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons looks like everything I’d want from a retro revival of the classic arcade beat-em up series. It’s a 2D side-scroller that remixes the linear progression with roguelite elements and packages the whole thing with an appealing pixel...
This Brutal Gothic Metroidvania Is Shaping up To Be Something Special
19.7.2023
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Everything Sega Announced For Sonic The Hedgehog’s 32nd Anniversary
23.6.2023
Today is Sonic the Hedgehog’s 32nd anniversary, and Sega released a 20-minute Sonic Central showcase to talk about upcoming projects, and alongside talking about upcoming 2D throwback Sonic Superstars, there were a lot of non-game announcements during the show. If you want to watch the whole...
Mario's New Short King Design May Be An Old-School Throwback
22.6.2023
Nintendo just dropped trailers for its next big Super Mario games, and while they look cool, you’ve probably noticed the plumber himself looks a little different. The hallmarks of iconic Mario’s design are still there, like his blue overalls and red cap, but his actual silhouette is now way more...
Nintendo's Next Mario Game Is Here And It's Not What You Expect
21.6.2023
Nintendo revealed the next major Super Mario game and it’s called Super Mario Bros. Wonder and it’s a 2D side-scroller with some completely new mechanics, like Mario turning into an elephant. Read more
10 Highlights From Classic Mega Man’s Newly Released Design Doc
14.6.2023
At the recent Summer Game Fest Capcom announced the launch of Capcom Town, its new…website…online community…thing? That will act as a hub of sorts for, er, Capcom stuff of some sort. (Capcom just turned 40, so maybe it’s a midlife crisis sort of thing.)Read more
Getting Creative with Infinite Loop Scrolling
11.1.2023
A quick look at how to recreate the infinite loop scrolling animation seen on Bureau DAM with GSAP and Lenis
Better Business Bureau Warns of Cryptocurrency Investment Scams on Tiktok
20.9.2022
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has warned about cryptocurrency scams on Tiktok. “You are scrolling through Tiktok when you come across a video showing a pile of cash. The creator says they earned the stack of money in just a few days by investing in cryptocurrency,” the...
Fullscreen Scrolling Slideshow
17.8.2022
A fullscreen scroll-based slideshow with a content view powered by GreenSock's Observer plugin
How I Added Scroll Snapping To My Twitter Timeline
5.8.2022
CSS Scroll Snap allows websites to snap the web page or any other scroll container to a specific scroll position when the user performs a scrolling operation. This feature has been supported in all modern browsers for over two years, …
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Scroll Shadows? Pure CSS Parallax? Game Back On.
29.7.2022
Chris calls scroll shadows one his favorite CSS-Tricks of all time. Lea Verou popularized the pure CSS approach using four layered background gradients with some clever background-attachment magic. The result is a slick scrolling interaction that gives users a hint …
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WWE Superstar John Cena Kept Asking Nintendo For A New 2D Metroid (Then Got It)
27.6.2022
Apparently outside of being a 16-time WWE world heavyweight champion, a surprisingly decent rapper, and occasionally intangible to the human eye, John Cena is also a huge mark for the Metroid series.Read more
Sonic Origins Dev Goes Off On State Of The Game
24.6.2022
Software developer Simon “Stealth” Thomley of Headcannon—the studio behind Sonic Mania—popped off on the state of the remastered Sonic Origins bundle, on which the team also worked. In a series of tweets, he said Headcannon had to put in “major time crunch” and was barred from implementing “major...