For most of the genre’s lifespan, “role-playing” was synonymous with fantasy—warriors swinging swords, wizards casting spells, dungeons full of monsters and treasure, et cetera. But one deeply unusual ...

Super Nintendo continues to be for many the best console in the history of the Japanese company thanks to a catalog that continues to resonate strongly to this day and that was able to stand out at ...

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Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This entry was contributed by Robert Taylor of ...

Spend a few minutes perusing the mountains of fan art, videos and tributes on fan sites like EarthBound Central or Starmen.net, and you'll see that the classic role-playing game Earthbound has an ...

EarthBound, the endearing Japanese role-playing game from the Super Nintendo era, delivers a very particular brand of surreal humor and sentimentality. It’s part of a series known as Mother in Japan, ...

Fans of awesome video game music with a taste for a-cappella are likely familiar with Smooth McGroove, who's covered a huge number of iconic tracks in his own style. There'd been a bit of a gap ...