Cowabunga Comic Con: TMNT Co-Creator Discusses Comics’ 40-Year History TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman reflects on 40 years of Turtle Power at SDCC, sharing origin stories, behind-the-scenes tidbits, and teasing future projects....
What is Capcom’s best-selling video game of all time? The word Capcom has been synonymous with video games pretty much since they became a thing. The original company that would become Capcom, I.R.M. Corporation, was founded in Japan back in 1979. And when video-game fever took the world by storm in the early ‘80s, they were right...
What type of animal is Yoshi? Yoshi has been cast in Mario’s shadow for too long. His trusty mount deserves to be seen as the real hero of the Mushroom Kingdom. Where would Mario be without Yoshi to carry him through the most dangerous levels? Yoshi even had an entire game where he had to...
Nintendo had the best selling toy in America until what iconic toy took the title in 1991? As far as any mom in the late 1980s was concerned, every video game system ever made was just called a Nintendo. No NES. No Game Boy. No Atari 2600 — just “Nintendo.” And to be fair, it wasn’t just moms. We pretty much all referred to home consoles that...
What TV sci-fi star is a secret Tetris addict? We don’t know who needs to hear this, but it needs to be said: It’s OK to want to play video games all of the time. There, finally someone had the audacity to just say it. In fact, even if you’re famous, it’s OK to want...
What is the first Pokémon in the Pokédex? Who’s that Pokémon? Don’t ask Ash because that kid took over 20 years to become a Pokémon champion. Not to brag or anything, but I did that when I was 7 and didn’t even understand how type advantages worked. Ever since Red and Blue hit the Game...
What was Pac-Man originally called? It’s said that Pac-Man was developed for a non-violent crowd, to which I say: Non-violent? How is literally eating ghosts not a form of violence? Ghosts have no rights, man. Still, that was the goal, and the developers especially wanted to appeal to women. Thus the cutesy round dude,...