It’s impossible to give a full and fair accounting of SUPER MARIO 3D LAND which dropped for the 3DS on Sunday, without explaining something that Nintendo had encouraged reviewers to keep a secret. What we’re meant to tell you, I suppose, is that 3D LAND is business as usual for Mario, which is absolutely true and in no way a slight. You run, jump,...

When the universe collectively harumphed in 1997, agreeing to switch from VHS to DVD under the condition that it never be asked to do this again, movie studios couldn’t have been happier. The repurposing of catalog titles helped propel the young format to popularity, but the classics came out so often and in such great numbers that, by the time you trashed your...