Author: Heath Andrews

When you’ve appeared in as many games as Mario has, they’re not all going to be great. Purely by law of averages, some games have to be of lesser quality than others. When it comes to official titles for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Mario Bros. 2 seems to get the short end of the stick. This reputation is understandable considering how different the game is from the others on the NES. It’s also a bit unfair to the title, and I want to go into the reasons why. A lot of the criticism thrown at Super Mario Bros. 2…

Happy Mar10 Day! This is the first celebration of Mario since Nintendo brought back the Virtual Boy. The short-lived virtual reality-based console was not around for very long. Because of this, it didn’t produce a lot of Mario games; we only got two of them. That being said, the ones we got are memorable, and we’re going to get the chance to play them again soon! Mario’s Tennis The Nintendo mascot has been no stranger to the world of sports. Dating back to the days of the NES, Mario played golf in NES Open Tournament and took the race track…

If you’re a fan of the horror genre, then the odds are that you’ve seen something by Mike Flanagan. Over the last decade, he has been omnipresent in the field. Flanagan wrote and directed film adaptations of three Stephen King novels, including Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep. He also has an upcoming take on The Exorcist, is writing the DC film Clayface, and has pumped out several horror series, including The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass. Sometimes when you see talent, you have to secure it. That’s exactly what Amazon has done. Flanagan has already been hard at…

There are few television institutions with the kind of longevity and cultural significance that Saturday Night Live has. Last year, the show hit its 50th anniversary. It wasn’t too long after that when we reported that SNL was crossing the pond to the United Kingdom. Whether that’s a good idea or a resoundingly bad one remains unseen. It also doesn’t matter since, like it or not, it’s coming. If you thought it would be confined to the UK, think again. Not only can we confirm it will be getting broadcast here, it’ll actually be streaming the day after it’s UK…

It was only a week or so ago that we reported on Burger King redoing the Whopper after numerous customer complaints. People had said that the Whopper has a tendency to fall apart upon attempting to eat it. Generally, this isn’t how you want your sandwich to dissolve, as it should happen in your mouth. We decided that if the king of burgers was going to try something new, we should give it a shot. Does this new burger cut the mustard? The Packaging So, as we had mentioned in our previous article, the Whopper had three main changes happening…

We’ll be the first to admit that trade agreements do not make for interesting conversations. You could argue this is one of the reasons Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace isn’t highly regarded. Well, that and Jar-Jar. Different story for a different time, though. The second presidency of Donald Trump has brought trade disputes and tariffs into real-life prominence, and it has not been for the best. Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled many of Trump’s tariffs to be illegal. Multiple companies are suing because of the damage this did to sales and increased costs. Nintendo…

All good things must come to an end, including good television programs. Far too often, we see shows run for longer than they should. The end result is something that’s either a serious letdown or a shell of its former self. That’s why some of the best remembered and well-regarded shows had fairly definitive endpoints after not running for too long. “Breaking Bad” had five seasons, so did “The Wire.” “The Sopranos” was close to that with six, and “Mad Men” and “The Shield” have seven. Sure, there are exceptions to the rule, but everything has to have a natural…

If there is any major video game developer who could use a win right now, it’s Ubisoft. The company that’s brought you franchises such as pretty much anything with Tom Clancy’s name on it, Just Dance, Rayman, and Prince of Persia has been hurting something fierce lately. We recently reported on the company laying off unionized workers and canceling its Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, in addition to several other games. These are not reassuring signs for any game company, especially during an economic environment of uncertainty, chip shortages, and console price hikes. Maybe that’s why they finally…

There aren’t many living figures in alternative rock with histories as complicated as Courtney Love’s. The former frontwoman of Hole and wife of Kurt Cobain went through a period in the mid 90s of drugs, love, death, success, public scrutiny, and motherhood. Somehow, she managed to come out from under it all while also delivering some banger albums with her band. It’s been a fair bit since we’ve heard anything musically from Hole or Love herself, but she might be teasing something with the potential to get fans excited. Whenever two former bandmembers get together in the same place at…

To what end do people have a right to privacy? It’s an issue that has popped up numerous times in Supreme Court cases, Constitutional Law, workplace monitoring, and police footage. It’s the latter of these that is being brought up in court by Justin Timberlake. The singer would like the public to forget he was arrested in 2024 for driving under the influence of alcohol. There’s plenty of footage of that arrest that media outlets would like to get their hands on. Timberlake and his legal team are filing an injunction to stop that. Caught on Camera To be fair,…