Noel McDavid is a writer, a reader, and an avid retro gamer. She loves Spyro the Dragon and most Legend of Zelda titles, along with Crash Bandicoot and other classics. McDavid writes for several sites ...

Twenty years ago today, Mario Kart 64 hit us like us a red shell on Rainbow Road, turning our world upside down. The blue shell is one of the most hated items in the series’ existence, so much so that ...

Phoebe is a writer, a hard worker, and has always been interested in videogames. She's worked in retail, coached, babysat, has had an internship, and now works as a list writer for Valent's website ...

Is Super Mario Odyssey the tale of Mario’s midlife crisis? In the lead-up to the game’s release, Mario has left his career as a plumber, taken up moustache grooming and abandoned his modesty, ...

Mario is supposed to be Italian, right? That's still a thing? Plus, Pratt delivers an "It's-a-me, Mario" line. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author ...

Handout/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images & Ethan Miller/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images The memes are flying around the Internet with "Mario Kart" trending on Tuesday morning. Many are ...

During today's Mario Kart World Direct, we got a closer look at a number of new tracks, features, and racers, including Penguin. We've known Penguin was in the game since its reveal last week, but ...