A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

From the original GameCube classic to Metroid Prime 4 and everything in between: let's rank all the Metroid Prime games.

In the world of video games, when it comes to recognizable sci-fi heroes in power armor, there’s the Doom Marine, there’s Master Chief, and then there’s Samus Aran. It's true she wasn’t the first ...

Playing a first person shooter on a Nintendo console with mouse controls was certainly something I had to wrap my mind around as I navigated the demo of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. It was interesting to ...

Fortunately, Nintendo did not want to let the first Metroid game slip into oblivion, so in 2004 they launched Metroid: Zero ...

Some fans of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond may get a special chance to try out the game early, though there is a big catch attached to its availability. With the long-awaited launch of the Metroid franchise ...

Perhaps my worst trait is that I’m a Metroidvania purist. It’s annoying, I know, but I’ve always been fascinated with the awkwardly-named subgenre’s little rules and structures. When I play something ...

Last week I wrote about how South of Midnight has added a way for players to skip its boss fights, and yet the very fabric of reality hasn’t crumbled apart around us. As with every other time I, and ...