video game consoles

  • Looks Like Nintendo Is Ramping Up Its Fight Against Cheaters

    Looks Like Nintendo Is Ramping Up Its Fight Against Cheaters

    Nintendo is patenting new tech to help catch cheaters in games like the eternally best-selling Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon 2. As video game companies across the industry try to clamp down on cheat software and other hacks that give players an unfair advantage using off-the-shelf solutions, Nintendo appears to be working on its own…


  • I Miss the GameCube WaveBird, the Best Controller Nintendo Ever Made

    I Miss the GameCube WaveBird, the Best Controller Nintendo Ever Made

    The video game industry has more or less settled on a standard design for controllers with a pair of matching analogue joysticks, a directional pad, four action buttons, and shoulder triggers on top. It’s a design that the PlayStation DualShock controller popularised, but one that I genuinely feel Nintendo perfectly executed on the GameCube WaveBird…