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What do you want from Metroid Prime 4?

Of all the impossible announcements to come out of E3 2017, Nintendo’s confirmation that, yes, Metroid Prime 4 is…

Matt Gerardi

6/16/17 3:00PM

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The crushing disappointment of a game that looks better than it plays

In Art Of The Game, Nick Wanserski explores how visual design shapes video, tabletop, and role-playing games.

Nick Wanserski

4/27/17 1:00AM

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Readers debate the merits of Metroid Prime’s Scan Visor

This week, Anthony John Agnello delivered an On The Level looking at how Metroid Prime’s opening introduced the Scan…

Matt Gerardi

6/10/16 2:30PM

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When Metroid got too wordy for its own good

Metroid speaks in a variety of languages. Its predatory environment murmurs about its hidden dangers through violent…

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Wintry mix: 12 video game songs in the spirit of the season

The best winter-level themes feel more like a natural extension of the landscape than composed pieces of music.…

Nick Wanserski,

Zack Handlen,

Anthony John Agnello,

and Patrick Lee

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Readers add 21 tracks to our “game songs for idle moments” playlist

In a For Our Consideration article about Metroid Fusion, Jake Muncy mentioned how the game’s hostile clone of the…

Matt Gerardi

9/05/14 1:00PM

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A reader breaks down exactly why Metroid: Other M is such a disaster

Our Special Topics In Gameology series on emptiness in games continued this week with an illustrated essay about Metroid Prime from Nick…

Matt Gerardi

5/23/14 1:00PM

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The isolation of Metroid Prime reflects its hero’s sense of loss

Previously in the Empty Spaces series:

Nick Wanserski

5/21/14 1:00AM

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