Video Game Lists

Just because a character is popular, it doesn't mean that they are well-written. This is why we created this list of 10 most popular video game popular characters with stupid backstories.

The Nintendo Entertainment System was notorious for its horrible box art (as were most other retro systems up until the '90s), which is why a list of 10 awesomely bad NES covers is easy to compile.

The Gamecube was one of the most underrated consoles. While people were drooling over the PS2 and the Xbox, the Gamecube was hard at work setting itself apart with a spectacular catalog of games that are classics all these years later.

This list of 10 things you probably didn't know about Metroid was a fun list to compile.

Narrowing this list down to the 25 best NES games of all time was no easy task.

These are the loss conditions that get people to flip tables and throw controllers. These are the loss conditions that ruin your fighting game fun.

Ahhh, the dog. The loyal companions often referred to as "man's best friend," and with good reason.

The horrible truth is that arcades are an endangered species.

We made this list of best stealth franchises because stealth games are making a comeback.

Revenge is a dish best served on a disc and with a controller sitting atop the napkin.

In celebration of the release of The Walking Dead: 400 Days, we have put together this list of the 10 best zombie video games.

There's no question that sexism is prominent throughout the history of video games.

Animated series and movie franchises are notorious for having mediocre games.

The video game medium has been a much more welcoming venue for the art of ninjitsu than most other forms of fiction, which is why we're doing a list of the 10 best video game ninjas.

Joke characters have been used throughout video game history for developers to jest and poke fun at the stereotypes, standards and expectations associated with their specific branches of gaming.

We love games where users get to beat the crap out of tons of enemies. We love 'em so much, we made a list of the 10 best retro beat 'em ups.

It seems like a million years ago that gamers got the bulk of the information from print magazines. Remember the excitement of opening the mailbox once a month to get the latest issue of your favorite gaming magazine? It was almost as exciting as getting a new issue of Playboy or Penthouse. Almost.

Father’s Day is coming up. Instead of getting your dad another tie, toolset, or briefcase this year, why not get him a video game? There are tons of video games on the market that cover the likes and interests of dads everywhere. Take a look at these 10 Games That Dad Would Like and consider saying, "I Love You...

Nintendo has dominated the handheld gaming scene since it introduced the Gameboy back in 1989. Every other handheld game manufacturer has been trying to catch up since. Just because Gameboy was the first, and most well known, does that really make it the best handheld console of all time...

The "black box" series of NES games was an important part of videogame history. Before we had Metroid or Mega Man, we had the Nintendo Black Box games.Those games were proto-games -- simple arcade classics which didn't need full development teams or long, involved stories...