Gene Park

Washington, D.C., United States

Games Reporter at The Washington Post

Co-Host at Punching Up: A Nintendo Podcast

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Articles

‘Death Stranding 2’ is Hideo Kojima at the peak of his powers

4 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Gene Park

‘Death Stranding 2’ is Hideo Kojima at the peak of his powers (washingtonpost.com) ‘Death Stranding 2’ is Hideo Kojima at the peak of his powers By Gene Park 2025062312000000 While I'm playing "Death Stranding 2: On the Beach," I think about how my best friend Joey put me on to so much of my favorite music throughout my life.
‘Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver’ finally brings Wu-Tang back to video games

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Gene Park

‘Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver’ finally brings Wu-Tang back to video games (washingtonpost.com) ‘Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver’ finally brings Wu-Tang back to video games By Gene Park 2025060623000000 After 26 years away from video games, hip-hop's most notorious and influential supergroup Wu-Tang Clan returns with "Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver," developed in close consultation with the group.
‘Mario Kart World’ is a clear-eyed, fully featured multiplayer treat

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Gene Park

‘Mario Kart World’ is a clear-eyed, fully featured multiplayer treat (washingtonpost.com) ‘Mario Kart World’ is a clear-eyed, fully featured multiplayer treat By Gene Park 2025060314000000 In an era of multiplayer video games releasing with portentous "plans" to add more content, Nintendo's "Mario Kart World" is an anomaly. It's the marquee launch title of Nintendo's Switch 2, the highly anticipated successor to the blockbuster Switch console.
This is Miyamoto. And it’s Nintendo’s world.

4 weeks ago | stripes.com | Gene Park

Shigeru Miyamoto, a top executive at Nintendo and creator of Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Donkey Kong, at the opening week of Universal’s new theme park Epic Universe in Orlando.
This is Miyamoto. And it’s Nintendo’s world.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Gene Park

This is Miyamoto. And it’s Nintendo’s world. (washingtonpost.com) This is Miyamoto. And it’s Nintendo’s world. By Gene Park 2025052412003800 ORLANDO — Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to share what he calls "a little bit of a strange story" as he sat in a lavish and hushed lounge tucked in the middle of Universal Orlando, where the third Super Nintendo World theme park opened Thursday.
This is Miyamoto. And it’s Nintendo’s world.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Gene Park

2 hours agoYou have been warned. Before you click to watch one of these movies, clips, episodes or leaked videos on your phone or PC, take a moment. It’s almost certainly an attack. Just as ReasonLabs reported that “malicious actors leveraged [a] number 1 box office movie, Super Mario Bros., to distribute …
In HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,’ Joel finally tells a truth left out of the game

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Gene Park

In HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,’ Joel finally tells a truth left out of the game (washingtonpost.com) In HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,’ Joel finally tells a truth left out of the game By Gene Park 2025051902000000 This article discusses plot details of "The Last of Us Part II" up through Season 2, Episode 6 of HBO's "The Last of Us." Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin share a common storytelling trait: They enjoy being cruel to their characters, as they admitted during the podcast for their second season of...
Artist accuses PlayStation game of lifting her work; studio admits to ‘oversight’

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Gene Park

Artist accuses PlayStation game of lifting her work; studio admits to ‘oversight’ (washingtonpost.com) Artist accuses PlayStation game of lifting her work; studio admits to ‘oversight’ By Gene Park 2025051608042600 Fern Hook, a 30-year-old independent artist in Scotland, noticed something familiar about "Marathon," the upcoming video game by Bungie, the studio that created the Halo series and is now owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ has problems but also some great demon killing

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Gene Park

‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ has problems but also some great demon killing (washingtonpost.com) ‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ has problems but also some great demon killing By Gene Park 2025050914000000 Doom stands alongside Mario and Tetris as one of the most important video game franchises ever — first thanks to the classic series that started in 1993, and then with the reboot series (beginning in 2016) that has been heralded as among the finest in the first-person shooting genre. The long shadow cast by...
The odd path ‘Expedition 33’ took to becoming one of 2025’s best games

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Gene Park

The odd path ‘Expedition 33’ took to becoming one of 2025’s best games (washingtonpost.com) The odd path ‘Expedition 33’ took to becoming one of 2025’s best games By Gene Park 2025050817590300 "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" is being hailed as a masterpiece in storytelling, which makes lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen's path in video games all the more unusual.